In-depth reform of key areas such as aluminum and rare earth industries in Baotou City

A few days ago, the reporter learned from the Baotou City Economic and Information Committee that in the first half of this year, around the reform focus of the municipal party committee, the Municipal Economic and Information Committee clearly defined the division of responsibilities, refined the content of work, and strengthened supervision and assessment to ensure that the reform tasks were solidly promoted and achieved phased results.

We will do our best to "three to one, one drop and one make up" and promote structural reforms on the supply side. In terms of de-capacity, the Municipal Economic and Information Commission formulated the “Work Plan for the Use of Comprehensive Standards in Baotou City to Promote the Outflow of Outdated Production Capacity in 2018”, eliminated 350,000 tons of backward cement production capacity, and started the demolition of a blast furnace with a capacity of less than 400 cubic meters. In terms of cost reduction, in the first half of the year, 166 enterprises in the city participated in the multilateral trading of power in the autonomous region, and reduced the basic electricity bill for 49 enterprises, and reduced the cost of the enterprise by 840 million yuan. In terms of supplementing the shortcomings, in response to the shortcomings of industrial enterprises' brand competitiveness, the Municipal Economic and Information Commission issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Construction of Industrial Quality Brands in 2018" to promote the construction of industrial quality brands. Key enterprises such as Baotou Steel Group, Bao Aluminum Group and Northern Heavy Industry won the first prize of the 2nd Autonomous Region Quality Brand Story Contest and Brand Innovation Achievement Roadshow Exchange Conference, and 31 enterprises won the title of Top 100 Autonomous Region Brands.

Innovative development methods to accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading. In accordance with the requirements of high-quality development, we will speed up the supply-side structural reform and make every effort to create a “Made in China 2025” national-level demonstration zone. In terms of traditional industries, the Municipal Economic and Information Committee has formulated a traditional industrial transformation and upgrading action plan, focusing on the implementation of 57 traditional industrial projects with a total investment of 34.33 billion yuan, such as ferritic stainless steel and high-precision aluminum sheet and foil. In the first half of the year, 45 projects were resumed. The completed investment of 4.33 billion yuan, 100,000 tons of rare earth aluminum alloy of Jitai Aluminum was completed and put into production, and the P92 steel pipe of Beizhong Group was exported for the first time. In the cultivation of strategic emerging industries, we will vigorously develop strategic emerging industries such as new materials, high-end equipment, energy conservation and environmental protection, and bio-pharmaceuticals to promote the industry to move toward the high-end in the value chain. Accelerate the formulation and improvement of the Action Plan for the Development of Rare Earth Industry in Baotou City (2018-2020), and clarify the timetable and roadmap for the development of the rare earth industry in the next three years. Promote the transformation and upgrading of the rare earth industry by creating a national rare earth new material industrial park and a rare earth functional material innovation center. Formulated the "Three-Year Action Plan for Intelligent Manufacturing in Baotou City", and fully implemented 239 strategic investments of 184.67 billion yuan, including the one-machine wisdom workshop, Tianhong intelligent manufacturing base, Seagate environmental protection catalyst, Yuming hydrogen storage battery and rare earth metal base. Emerging industry projects to enhance the level of industrial development. In the first half of the year, 188 projects were resumed and the investment was 18.43 billion yuan.