China News Service, Haikou, September 21 (Reporter Wang Ziqian) Yangpu Economic Development Zone is the "industrial heart" of Hainan and the "model room" of the free trade port. Entering the "15th Five-Year Plan", here we are focusing on building a new energy system, industrial green transformation and institutional integration innovation as the three main directions to build the country's leading green and low-carbon industry demonstration park, in order to achieve "going green".
At the "15th Five-Year Plan for Hainan National Ecological Civilization Experimental Zone (15th Five-Year Plan for Beautiful Hainan)" press conference held on the 20th by the Hainan Provincial Information Office on the theme of "Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan", Mo Zhengqun, deputy mayor of Danzhou City, said that Yangpu will systematically advance in the above three directions, not only to be the "locomotive" of Hainan's industrial development, but also to be the "vanguard" of green and low-carbon transformation.
"Nuclear power goes overseas" to build a new power system for the whole region
On September 17, Hainan’s first “Hualong One” nuclear power unit, Unit 3 of Huaneng Changjiang Nuclear Power Phase II Project, was officially put into commercial operation. At the same time, the construction of Unit 4 is also accelerating. After the completion of the entire second phase of the project, it will become a stable base-load power source in Danzhou Yangpu’s clean power structure of “mainly nuclear power, supplemented by wind and solar power”.
It is understood that the carbon emissions of nuclear power during its entire life cycle are only about 6.5 grams of carbon dioxide/kWh, making it one of the current power generation methods with the lowest carbon emissions. After the island-wide customs closure in Hainan, export-oriented enterprises have increasingly urgent needs for green compliance and carbon footprint management. It can be seen that “nuclear power entering the ocean” has become the most iconic highlight of Danzhou’s green and low-carbon development in the “15th Five-Year Plan”.
Mo Zhengqun said that Danzhou City is working with Hainan Power Grid to promote the construction of a clean power system. By 2030, it will build a new power system demonstration benchmark for the entire region that will complement "nuclear power + offshore wind power + photovoltaics" and other clean energy sources, with energy storage and gas power plant regulation to ensure the safe and stable operation of the power grid. "By then, the global electricity carbon factor will be reduced to 0.052 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour, which is significantly better than the national and EU averages."
While building a new power system, Danzhou is simultaneously promoting the Changjiang Nuclear Energy Long-distance Transmission and Steam Supply Project, realizing "nuclear steam entering the ocean" and providing zero-carbon industrial steam for petrochemical, pulp and paper and other industries. At the same time, we should actively optimize the way energy is used in production and life, promote energy substitution in the fields of industry, transportation and shipping, public services, and residents' lives, and accelerate the formation of a clean, low-carbon, safe, efficient and modern energy system with non-fossil energy as the main body, fossil energy as a back-up guarantee, and new power systems as the core support.
Create a near-zero carbon park and achieve low-carbon transformation across the region
Industrial parks are areas where industrial energy consumption and carbon emissions are concentrated. Building a near-zero carbon park under the "double carbon" goal has become a systematic change for various regions to adjust their energy structure and production methods. As the main industrial base in Hainan, Yangpu Economic Development Zone is also anchoring the goal of building a near-zero carbon park, systematically building a global low-carbon transformation system, and empowering green, low-carbon, high-quality development of industries.
At present, Danzhou has compiled the "Implementation Plan for the Construction of Near-Zero Carbon Park in Yangpu Economic Development Zone (2026-2030)" to coordinate the promotion of energy conservation, carbon reduction and green development in the entire region. On the one hand, we will continue to optimize the energy structure, promote green upgrades in industry, construction, and transportation, comprehensively promote energy-saving technological transformation, electrification transformation, and intelligent digital transformation of enterprises, and deepen collaborative governance of pollution reduction and carbon reduction; on the other hand, we will ensure green access to projects, promote new low-carbon models such as hydrogen energy, photovoltaic heat pumps, and carbon inclusiveness, improve green infrastructure, and cultivate new low-carbon productivity.
"We will combine the supply chain industry chain of port economy, petrochemical new materials, biomedicine, digital economy, and new energy industry, and fully promote and guide hydrogen-based energy, bio-manufacturing and other industries to gather and settle in Danyang, creating a new highland for the gathering of new productivity industries." Mo Zhengqun It is revealed that in recent years, Yangpu has achieved the goal of reducing energy intensity by 23% while increasing its output value. The rate of excellent ambient air quality has exceeded 98% for three consecutive years. The rate of excellent and good seawater quality in coastal waters has remained at 100% in the past three years. Green has become the most distinctive background color of the park.
Strengthen institutional openness and explore the connection of carbon management rules
Recently, three major international authoritative testing and certification agencies - SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd., Rheinland Testing and Certification Services (China) Co., Ltd., and Bureau Veritas Quality Technical Services (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. signed a contract with Yangpu on the same day. The certification certificates issued by these three organizations have high credibility in major international markets such as Europe, the United States, and ASEAN.
The world's three leading testing and certification institutions settled in Yangpu, Hainan on the same day. This is a high recognition by international giants of the carbon footprint accounting and international certification potential of the free trade port's "model room" under the carbon tariff test.
"We are actively exploring energy governance system innovations such as green power traceability and carbon footprint accounting statistics to serve the high-level institutional opening of the Hainan Free Trade Port." Mo Zhengqun said that after the three major international authoritative testing and certification agencies signed a contract with the Danzhou Dual Carbon Service Center, they will build a standardized electricity carbon accounting and certification full-chain service system to promote two-way mutual trust and recognition of domestic and international rule systems, promote the complete adaptation of international rules and standards such as the EU CBAM, reduce the export carbon tariff costs of related local enterprises, and enhance the international competitiveness of products.
He also said that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Danzhou City will continue to promote the circular green transformation of Yangpu Economic Development Zone and accelerate the construction of an industrial solid waste recycling center.
