On January 15, through the joint efforts of the economic and trade teams of China and the United States, on the basis of equality and mutual respect, China and the United States formally signed the first phase of the economic and trade agreement in Washington, the capital of the United States. Deepen the two-way cooperation in the field of trade, and expand the scale of bilateral trade in agricultural products, manufactured products, energy, and service industries.
Opinions of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Further Strengthening the Treatment of Plastic Pollution
It is prohibited to produce and sell ultra-thin plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than 0.025 mm, and polyethylene agricultural mulch film with a thickness of less than 0.01 mm. It is forbidden to use medical waste as raw materials to manufacture plastic products. The import of waste plastics is completely prohibited.
By the end of 2020, the production and sale of disposable foamed plastic tableware and disposable plastic cotton swabs are prohibited; the production of daily chemical products containing plastic microbeads is prohibited. By the end of 2022, the sale of daily chemical products containing plastic microbeads will be prohibited.
Crude oil's epic plunge
Saudi Arabia has drastically reduced the price of crude oil sold to markets such as Europe, the Far East, and the United States, with the largest discount in more than 20 years. Saudi Arabia has privately informed customers that it will increase production if necessary, or even reach a record level of 12 million barrels per day. . Saudi Arabia launched a full-scale crude oil price war after the "OPEC+" policy meeting with Russia broke down, causing unprecedented panic in the crude oil market. The opening price of crude oil futures was vented. Brent crude oil plummeted by more than 31% at the opening, and the biggest drop was once close to 38%. , WTI's biggest drop was close to 35%, both hitting the lowest price since February 2016.
"One Helmet and One Belt" Security Guard Operation
In April 2020, the "One Helmet and One Belt" security protection operation was carried out across the country. During the operation, the public security traffic control department will strengthen law enforcement management, and investigate and rectify the behavior of motorcycle and electric bicycle riders not wearing safety helmets and car drivers not using seat belts in accordance with the law, so as to promote the development of safety habits.
Iranian cargo ship incident
In one of the Iranian cargo ship incidents, on May 11, an Iranian container ship "Shahraz" with a capacity of 6572TEU flying the Iranian flag collided with a bulk carrier named "SAMUDRA SAKTI I" and then ran aground. Involved in the price increase of polyethylene.
The second Iranian cargo ship incident, Iran has 9 Air China vessels in total, 7 of which are sent to China (Qingdao Port has not entered the port and Shangqingtianning Circulation Port), and 2 are sent to other countries in Southeast Asia (about 28,000-32,000 tons) plastic particle). The price difference between polyethylene linear and high pressure is as high as 2,000 yuan/ton.
McDonald's China announced the phasing out of plastic straws
"Because of love, do the best", McDonald's China announced the first environmental protection measures under this concept: the company will further reduce plastic on food packaging and gradually stop using plastic straws. Starting from June 30, nearly 1,000 restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen will be the first to implement dine-in and take-out.
Stall economy
During the "two sessions", the proposal of "marketing economy" has aroused widespread resonance among people. When my country's economy is in urgent need of recovery, the vitality of the market share economy can effectively stimulate domestic demand. Premier Li Keqiang commented on Chengdu's stall economy, with 36,000 stalls and 100,000 jobs overnight, and highly praised this model.
"Notice on Solid Promotion of Plastic Pollution Control"
On July 10, 2020, 9 departments including the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment simultaneously issued the "Notice on Solid Promotion of Plastic Pollution Control". Make specific arrangements to complete the phased goals and tasks at the end of 2020. Among them, strengthen the supervision and inspection of the prohibition on the production and sale of plastic products. Local market supervision departments should carry out quality supervision and inspection of plastic products, and investigate and deal with the production and sale of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than 0.025 mm and polyethylene agricultural film with a thickness of less than 0.01 mm. At present, there are few large-scale degradable mulch film production enterprises, and the annual output is generally 60-200 tons, and the annual output basically doubles. Degradable plastic bags are mainly export orders, and some government-supported projects. Some degradable and additive plastic bags are also circulated on the market. The price is relatively low, but they do not meet the standards and cannot be completely degraded.
RCEP
The 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Leaders’ Meeting was held on November 15. The ten ASEAN countries and 15 countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand formally signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and signed RCEP. It is an important step for regional countries to take concrete actions to safeguard the multilateral trading system and build an open world economy. It is of symbolic significance for deepening regional economic integration and stabilizing the global economy. In summary, the official signing of the RCEP agreement will further promote the flexibility of free trade and increase the liquidity of import and export trade.
"Opinions on accelerating the development of facility planting mechanization"
Opinions pointed out that by 2025, the total area of planting facilities based on plastic greenhouses, solar greenhouses and multi-span greenhouses will stabilize at more than 2 million hectares. If the shed film covers an area of 2 million hectares, the demand for shed film is about 2.07 million tons. At present, it is understood that the domestic greenhouse film covers an area of about 1.4-1.5 million hectares, which is about 150 tons of greenhouse film demand.
It can be seen that between 2020 and 2025, the demand for greenhouse film will increase by about 570,000 tons, an increase of around 38%.
