At present, the situation facing the goal of energy conservation and emission reduction is very severe. Since last year, the whole country has been strengthening energy conservation and emission reduction. The State Council issued a decision to strengthen energy conservation and formulated a series of policies and measures to promote energy conservation and emission reduction. Various regions and departments have made work arrangements one after another, and positive progress has been made in energy conservation and emission reduction. However, last year, the country failed to achieve the energy conservation and emission reduction targets set at the beginning of the year, which increased the difficulty of energy conservation and emission reduction in the next four years after the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. More seriously, in the first quarter of this year, industries, especially those with high energy consumption and high pollution, grew too fast. Six major industries, such as electric power, steel, nonferrous metals, building materials, petroleum processing and chemical industry, which accounted for nearly 70% of the national industrial energy consumption and sulfur dioxide emissions, increased by 20.6%, 6.6 percentage points faster than the same period last year. At the same time, there are still some problems in all aspects of work, such as inadequate understanding, unclear responsibilities, inadequate measures, imperfect policies, inadequate investment and poor coordination. If this situation is not reversed in time, not only will it be difficult to make significant progress in energy conservation and emission reduction this year, but also the overall goal of energy conservation and emission reduction in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan will be difficult to achieve.

Significance of energy saving and emission reduction

China's economy has grown rapidly, and great achievements have been made in various constructions, but at the same time, it has also paid a huge price in resources and environment. The contradiction between economic development and resources and environment is increasingly acute, and the masses have a strong reaction to environmental pollution. This situation is directly related to the unreasonable economic structure and extensive growth mode. If we don't speed up the adjustment of economic structure and change the growth mode, resources can't support it, the environment can't accommodate it, the society can't afford it, and economic development can't be sustainable. Only by adhering to economical development, clean development and safe development can we achieve sound and rapid economic development. At the same time, greenhouse gas emissions lead to global warming, which has aroused widespread concern in the international community. Further strengthening energy conservation and emission reduction is also an urgent need to cope with global climate change, and it is our responsibility.