PVC Environmental Policy

With the continuous strengthening of China’s constraints on the resource and energy industry, coupled with the gradual tightening of the overall environmental protection policy requirements, the PVC industry has entered a stage of high-quality development from high-speed development. For example, the “Calcium Carbide Industrial Pollutant Emission Standards (Draft for Comment)”, etc., the restrictions on calcium carbide production capacity will further restrict the expansion of calcium carbide polyvinyl chloride capacity. In addition, in March 2021, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region officially issued the “Several Safeguard Measures on Ensuring the Completion of the 14th Five-Year Plan” Energy Consumption Dual Control Target Task” requiring that a series of high-energy industries such as calcium carbide and polyvinyl chloride will no longer be approved during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period.

PVC related industrial policies：

Publication time	Policy documents	Publishing department	Main content
2015.1	“Calcium Carbide Industrial Pollutant Emission Standards (Solicitation of Opinions)”	Ministry of Environmental Protection	Specific provisions are made for the discharge of atmospheric pollutants and water pollutants from the calcium carbide industry.
2016.9	Development Planning for petrochemical and chemical industries (2016-2020)	Ministry	It is necessary to strictly control the new production capacity of calcium carbide, caustic soda, polyvinyl chloride and other industries, and implement equal or reduced replacement for advanced process transformation and upgrading projects that meet policy requirements; It is necessary to completely eliminate the high mercury catalyst acetylene method polyvinyl chloride production equipment, moderately carry out the synthesis of chlorine with acetylene-dichloroethane, promote the application of burning technology, and accelerate the research and development of mercury-free catalysts. Reduce mercury pollutant emissions.
2017.8	Minamata Convention on Mercury	Ministry of Environmental Protection/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc	The production process of new vinyl chloride monomers is prohibited from using mercury, mercury compounds as catalysts or using mercury-containing catalysts.
2019.1	Announcement No. 43 [2019] of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China	Commerce	As of September 29, 2019, anti-dumping duties will no longer be levied on imports of PVC originating in the United States, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
2019.11	Catalogue for the Guidance of Industrial Structure Adjustment (2019 Edition)	National Development and Reform Commission	The acetylene method polychlorine production plant below 200,000 tons / year and the ethylene oxychlorinated polyvinyl chloride production plant with a starting scale of less than 300,000 tons / year are classified into the restricted category, and for such production devices, investment in new projects will be prohibited, and the investment authorities will not approve, approve or file.
2020.12	Catalogue of Encouraged Foreign Investment Industries (2020 Edition)	National Development and Reform Commission/Ministry of Commerce	The development and production of new downstream PVC products will be included in the catalogue of encouraging foreign and commercial investment in foreign and commercial industries.
2021.1	“14th Five-Year Plan” Development Guide for the Petroleum and Chemical Industry	Petrochemical Federation	During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, we will promote the high-quality development of the industry, focus on green, low-carbon and digitalization, and deeply implement the green sustainable development strategy.
2021.3	“Several Measures for Inner Mongolia to Ensure the Completion of the “14th Five-Year Plan” Energy Consumption Dual Control and Self-Standardization”	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission, etc	From 2021, new capacity projects such as calcium carbide/polyvinyl chloride (PVC) caustic soda will no longer be approved.