May 3, the National Development and Reform Commission announced the objectives of the plan as to eliminate backward productivity. Meanwhile, it has make sure the production phase-out target of the five industries (iron & steel, nonferrous metals, light industry, textile and petrochemical) in the next three years.

It is learned that the main fields of eliminating backward productivity in the petrochemical industry include oil refining, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, calcium carbide, and methanol and so on. According to the planning of the State Development and Reform Commission, the refining industry will adopt a method of regional equivalent alternatives. To 2011, the inefficient and low-quality oil refining equipments which have the productivity of one million tons or below will be obsolete. Meanwhile, to actively guide the 1 million to 200 million tons oil refining plant shut down and to prevent building new refinery projects in the name of bitumen or heavy oil.

Development and Reform Commission also made clear that it will hasten the elimination of acetylene, methanol and other products of low productivity, strictly control the construction of such excess capacity projects as methanol, caustic soda, soda ash. By 2011, the production phase-out of citric acid will reach 50 thousand tons, and chemical fiber 2.3 million tons.