Adjusting Industrial Layout and Promoting Building Materials to the Countryside

On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, we ushered in the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”. At the beginning of the new “Five-Year Plan”, the building materials industry in Shandong Province has applied cement, flat glass, ceramics, and new types according to the unified requirements of the central government and the province. Building materials and other building materials make plans.

On October 12, 2010, six ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Notice on Launching Pilot Projects for Promoting Building Materials to the Countryside", and launched pilot projects to promote building materials to the countryside in Shandong and Ningxia. The specific measures, methods of operation, and work models for promoting building materials to the countryside provide experience in formulating policies for building materials to the countryside.

In fact, since the central government put forward the policy of building materials to the countryside, all levels of government in Shandong Province have attached great importance to the work of building materials to the countryside. They have successively deployed the relevant work several times and have actively promoted it in various ways.

Fei County, Linyi City, Shandong Province earnestly implemented the decision-making and deployment of Shandong Province and Linyi City, and actively promoted the development of rural housing. In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the majority of peasant masses to build houses, the implementation of cement to the countryside in the county has enabled the county's rural housing construction and dilapidated housing transformation to achieve remarkable results, and the living standard of peasants has been effectively improved. Specifically, it is financed by the county finance, which directly supplements 20 tons of cement for each farmer who builds a new house. Through this activity, the financial county of Fei County invested a total of 87.53 million yuan in the construction of rural housing, subsidized 208,000 tons of cement for rural households, stimulated 1.06 billion yuan for the construction of social farms, and built 9220 rural households in the county, renovating rural houses 2350. The households, including 57 villages that are concentrically and contiguous, have achieved remarkable results in the construction of rural housing and the renovation of dilapidated buildings, and the living standards of the people have been effectively improved.

Fei County's cement-to-country activities are in line with the background of the major policy of building materials to the countryside, and have played a positive role in promoting the implementation of the building materials to the countryside policy as soon as possible to improve the program, promote the construction of new countryside, improve the living conditions and environment in rural areas.

In June 2010, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development held an on-site meeting for building materials in rural areas (Shandong) in Linyi City. Through the inspection of Fei County in Linyi City, the six ministries and commissions formally issued the “Circular on Promoting the Pilot Project of Building Materials to the Countryside”. Shandong is a large province of building materials, and Shandong Province has been selected as a model for building materials to the countryside for demonstration and promotion.

After the notice was issued, the Shandong Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development organized the implementation of the pilot project to promote building materials to the countryside, specifying the pilot scope, targets, objectives, annual plans and tasks, and decomposition.

The ministries’ notice mentioned in the ministry’s notice that for construction materials going to the countryside, the state finance will give partial subsidies. However, the central government did not include this part of the subsidies in the plan last year, so funds could not be allocated. The subsidies for building materials to the countryside were originally planned to be jointly funded by the central government, the provincial government, and local governments. However, the amount of central subsidies has not yet been set. Therefore, the relevant government departments at all levels are waiting for the final amount of subsidies. How much is the province's subsidy? This is a key issue for the Huinong policy. Therefore, it is still necessary to wait for a period of time for building materials to “fully go to the countryside”.

The preliminary plan for building materials to the countryside in Shandong Province will be fully implemented in 17 regions, and each city will select a county to conduct pilot projects. At the same time, in order to ensure the smooth development of building materials to the countryside, Shandong Province will also strictly control the participating companies and products to ensure the quality of building materials to the countryside.

In addition, the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” is an important strategic period for the building materials industry in Shandong Province to conscientiously implement the national industrial policy, further adjust the industrial layout, optimize the industrial structure, promote industrial upgrading, and realize great changes. Seriously summing up the “11th Five-Year” development experience and formulating and implementing the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” are of great significance for the sustainable, healthy and coordinated development of building materials industry in Shandong Province.

The building materials industry in Shandong Province has made plans for building materials such as cement, flat glass, ceramics, and new construction materials according to the unified requirements of the central and provincial governments. Among them, the cement industry will, in accordance with the principles of rational division of labor, scientific planning, and coordinated development, support the centralized deployment of advantageous enterprises and scale production. At the same time, we must control the total amount, eliminate backward production capacity, optimize the structure, and strengthen pollution control. Plans for other building materials industries have also been formulated and extensive comments will be sought. Specific plans are expected to be released after the Spring Festival.

In general, the plan will be market-oriented, support the development of advantageous enterprises, enhance the ability of independent innovation of enterprises, and promote the building materials industry in Shandong Province to become stronger and more sustainable.