On September 17th, hosted by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the United Nations Environment Program, the 2018 International Ozone Layer Day Commemorative Conference hosted by the Center for Environmental Protection and External Cooperation of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment was held in Beijing, from the United Nations Development Programme, UNEP, UN Industry Development Organization, World Bank, German International Cooperation Agency and other international and multilateral organizations, member units of the National Ozone Layer Leading Group, provincial (district, municipal) and planned municipal environmental protection bureaus (bureaus), research institutes, trade associations and enterprises More than 120 people attended the meeting.
The 2018 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was held in Beijing
Focus on the protection of the ozone layer, the world praises China's contribution
September 16th is the International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. The theme of this year's International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer is 'Cool live and continue on.' In 1987, in order to protect the Earth's umbrella, the ozone layer in the stratosphere, the international community concluded Montreal. The Protocol. Over the past 30 years, with the joint efforts of the Parties, nearly ninety-nine percent of the production and use of ozone-depleting substances have been phased out globally, and the ozone layer has begun to 'heal.' According to United Nations agencies, by the end of the century The implementation of the Montreal Protocol will prevent at least 100 million cases of skin cancer and millions of cataract patients, achieving enormous environmental, health and climatic effects. This international convention has been widely participated in 197 countries and regions around the world. , is known as a successful model of global cooperation in the field of environmental protection.
Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment
Zhao Yingmin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that as a responsible developing country, China is also attaching great importance to and conscientiously fulfilling international environmental conventions, fulfilling its obligations under the Convention, and fulfilling its obligations under the Convention while addressing domestic ecological problems. Since 1989, Since the Vienna Convention, after joining the Montreal Protocol in 1991, China and the international community have actively taken various measures to jointly work on the global environmental protection actions to protect the ozone layer. China actively promotes the elimination of ozone-depleting substances and cumulatively phase out the ozone-depleting layer. The material is about 280,000 tons, accounting for more than half of the phase-out of developing countries, and has made an important contribution to the successful implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
In the process of compliance, in addition to the establishment of the National Leading Group for the Protection of the Ozone Layer to coordinate and guide the implementation of various departments, China’s ODS Import and Export Management Office has established effective supervision over the import and export of ODS, and has also adopted innovative industry elimination models. In the chemical production, household refrigeration, industrial refrigeration and other industries have implemented 31 industry plans, for thousands of enterprises to carry out ODS phase-out and replacement.
In China's household refrigeration industry, China Household Electrical Appliances Association, together with government departments, manufacturing companies and research institutions, promotes the use of hydrocarbon refrigerant R600a and cyclopentane as refrigerants and foaming agents in the domestic refrigerator/freezer industry. Successfully achieved the industry-wide chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) phase-out targets, and achieved billions of tons of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas emission reduction benefits.
In the process of accelerating the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC-22) in China's room air conditioner industry, the China Household Electrical Appliances Association assisted the Chinese government in the preparation of the first phase and the second phase of the HCFC-22 phase-out management plan, and the mainstream in the industry. The company together with the ozone-free and environmentally friendly hydrocarbon refrigerant R290 as an alternative technology to HCFC-22, actively promotes the application of R290 in the room air conditioner industry and the marketization of products.
Jiang Feng (third from left), Chairman of China Household Electrical Appliances Association, accepted the honorary certificate from the five major institutions to the China Household Electrical Appliances Association.
China Household Electrical Appliances Association won the 'Ozone Layer Partnership Award'
Based on the outstanding contribution of China Household Electrical Appliances Association in promoting the phase-out of ODS in China's domestic refrigeration and room air conditioner industry, during the 30th anniversary of the conclusion of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer held in Beijing on September 12 last year , the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the World Bank and the Ministry of Environmental Protection (now the Ministry of Ecology and Environment) Environmental Protection Cooperation Center five major institutions to the China Household Electrical Appliances Association and China Household Electrical Appliances Association Chairman Jiang Wind, Vice President Wang Lei awarded the Certificate of Recognition; during the twenty-ninth meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol held in Canada last November, the 'Ozone Layer Protection' Award was held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol. At the ceremony, the China Household Electrical Appliances Association was awarded the 'Ozone Layer Partnership Award', and this award has only five places in the world.
Secretary-General of the Multilateral Fund Secretariat of the Montreal Protocol, Eduardo Canaan
World Bank Project Manager Emilia Bartalini
The international community has given high marks to China’s extraordinary efforts and outstanding contribution to the phase-out of ozone-depleting substances and the protection of the Earth’s ecological environment. Secretary-General of the Multilateral Fund Secretariat of the Montreal Protocol, Eduardo Canaan, and World Bank Project Manager Emily Ya. Bartalini said that China has played an important role in the successful implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
Maintaining compliance results China contributes Chinese wisdom and strength to the world
Although China's compliance work has achieved world-renowned achievements, Zhao Yingmin pointed out that China still faces multiple challenges in the future. To this end, China will continue to strengthen national capacity building, strengthen monitoring and evaluation of compliance, and continue to maintain consumption that has been eliminated. Ozone layer material supervision and management to ensure the effectiveness of compliance; at the same time, it will continue to promote the phase-out of HCFCs in various industries, speed up the completion of the first phase, and carry out the second phase of the work in an orderly manner, and prepare for the control of HCFCs in advance. 2. Intensify the domestic approval process for the Kigali Amendment and systematically plan for the elimination of alternative work in the future.
It is worth mentioning that in October 2016, the international community reached the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which aims to control hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The amendments have led to the elimination of ODS in the world. The dual task of hydrofluorocarbon control.
Tina Bobelli, Executive Secretary of the UNEP Ozone Secretariat
Tina Boboli, Executive Secretary of the UNEP Ozone Secretariat, said that China has played a very important role in the Kigali amendments. It is expected that the Chinese government will approve the Kigali amendment and there will be more implementation. Good performance, but also hope that the implementation of the Kigali amendment will create an opportunity for the transformation and development of relevant industries and enterprises in China.
Despite enormous pressures and challenges, the Chinese government and industry-related companies have the ability to further implement the Montreal Protocol, ensure compliance, and contribute to China's global ecological security.
Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Climate Change Negotiations
According to Zhai Haibo, the special representative of the climate change negotiation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the largest developing country, China still faces many challenges in the production and use of ODS enterprises and the difficulty in law enforcement supervision. China is willing to continue to communicate with all parties. Cooperation with the company to further strengthen compliance capabilities, enhance monitoring and law enforcement supervision capabilities, and fulfill various tasks to make a positive contribution to global ecological security.
Qi Lianzhu, deputy director of the General Affairs Department of the General Administration of Customs
Qi Lianzhu, deputy director of the General Affairs Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that China Customs will continue to make every effort to increase the supervision of ODS in and out of the country, carefully summarize the work results, replicate and promote successful experiences, continuously improve the long-term law enforcement mechanism, and always maintain the fight against illegal trade. The high-pressure situation, while participating in international exchanges and cooperation, and working together with the international community to promote the global ozone layer protection.
At the meeting site, ODS production, use and sales representatives made commitments, strictly in accordance with relevant national laws, regulations and rules, carried out production and business activities in accordance with the law, consciously fulfilled corporate social responsibility, not illegal production, use, sales have been eliminated Ozone-depleting substances and their products.
Zhao Yingmin emphasized that the Chinese government has always adopted a 'zero tolerance' attitude towards illegal production and use of ozone-depleting substances, and found that together, strictly investigate together, resolutely crack down on the law and investigate the legal liability of the offenders. In July this year, the ecology The Ministry of the Environment has deployed nationwide ODS special enforcement actions to conduct comprehensive inspections of key industry enterprises. Currently, special enforcement actions are still in progress. China will resolutely crack down on various illegal activities found during the implementation of the contract, with the parties. Work closely together to maintain and consolidate the results of compliance and ensure that the compliance targets set by the Protocol are met as scheduled.
'We will, as always, earnestly implement the international environmental conventions including the Montreal Protocol, effectively safeguard the implementation results, promote green, low-carbon and sustainable development, and make due contributions to the construction of a clean and beautiful world,' said Zhao Yingmin.