鄂尔多斯工业
With its value-addition taking up around 50% of local GDP, Ordos’ industrial sector has developed into a major drive behind social and economic development, becoming the key to sustainable economic growth, stable society and employment.
Ordos Boasts Unique Natural Resources
Ordos has unique advantages in industrial development due to its rich natural resources in coal, natural gases, wool, cashmere, kaolin, wind power, solar power etc. 70% of Ordos’ homeland holds coal in store, with the explored reserve of coal accounting for 52.3% of the whole Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and for 13.6% of China. The explored reserve of natural gases accounts for 12% of the country with the predicted potential reserve of coal-bed methane (CBM) reaching 5 trillion cubic meters. Ordos owns a world-class Sulige Gas Field and has become an important gas source for China’s “West-East Gas Transmission”. Ordos, as a center of world’s cashmere industry, produces 9000 tons of wool and 1700 tons of cashmere annually. The production capability of cashmere products accounts for 33% in China and 25% in the whole world. Furthermore, Ordos has wind energy resources amounting to 10 million kilowatt and a total solar radiation count reaching 17 million kilowatt. Ordos has more than 19,000 square kilometers of deserts, which are particularly suitable for large wind farms and solar power programs. These unique resources underpin a great advantage in the industrial development of the whole city.
Clean Energy Grows Steadily
In Ordos’ industrial structure, energy sectors, including coal, natural gases and electric power, play the leading role with their value-addition accounting for more than 80% of industrial enterprises above designated size. In recent years, the coal industry has maintained an annual production of 600 million tons, which is about 15% of the national output. The annual yield of natural gases ranges from 27 billion to 29 billion cubic meters per year, measuring about 20% of the national output. As predicted, the production of natural gases during the 13th Five-year Plan will achieve the stable target of 30 billion tons annually. The power sector’s installed capacity is approaching 20.25 million KWH and generates 71 billion KWH, accounting for 18.3% and 17.9% of the whole autonomous region respectively. With the construction of power grids from western Inner Mongolia to Southern Tianjin and from Shanghaimiao to Shandong, the power sector’s installed capacity will reach 30 million kilowatt and it will generate 100 billion KWH. With the increasing demand for energy in the future, the three major energy industries will maintain stable growth. Ordos is rendering itself as an important basis and a powerful protection for the sustainable development of industrial economy.
Transformation Planning Started Early
In 2007, Ordos started the overall planning of new-type coal chemical industry base, equipment manufacturing base and high and new technology industrial park. By attracting investment from source inside Inner Mongolia and outside, Ordos has introduced a large number of central and local SOEs, large private enterprises along with many demonstration pilot projects with huge investment, size and potential. All these efforts have effectively pushed forward the industrial transformation, upgraded and fostered a batch of new industries. Currently, the industries including chemistry, automobile and equipment manufacturing, aluminum cycle, big data and cloud computing are on a fast lane of development. Five demonstration pilot projects in coal chemical industry including CTL, coal gasification and coal to olefin are leading the whole country with production capacity of 15.33 million tons. In Automobile and equipment manufacturing industry, Ordos has developed an annual production capacity of 320,000 automobiles, 450,000 engines, 600,000 gear boxes, 400,000 coal mining shearer picks, 200 WTGS of 2 megawatt and pressure vessel of 65,000 tons. In aluminum cycle industry, Ordos has developed a production capacity for 1.2 million tons of aluminum oxide. In IT industry, BOE LCD Project and the 600 single crystal furnaces for the phase one of Daruixiang 100-million-pieceoptical sapphire window material project, have been built and put into production. In big data and cloud computing industry, the construction of Zonergy Data Center has been completed and started operation. The Cloud Computing Industrial Park and Ordos Big Data Center now have a holding capacity of approximately 56,600 physical servers.
In the next phase, Ordos will build and extend the following 10 nationally competitive industrial chains:
1. Coal-methanol-olefin/arene-PE/pp/benzene, xylene-plastic processing/polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)/polystyrene/phthalic acid-para aramid.
2. Coal-ethylene glycol/Pure terephthalic acid- polyester-polyester fiber-spinning/dacron-textile and clothing.
3. Calcium carbide acetylene/coal acetylene-1, 4-butanediol/vinyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran/gamma butyrolactone/poly (vinyl alcohol), polytetramethylene ether Glycol/special fiber, spandex elastomer.
4. Raw cashmere-washer, velvet-dehaired wool-worsted yarn-cashmere fabric-cashmere products.
5. High purity alumina, sapphire crystal rods, sapphire wafer/substrate, intelligent device screen/LED, light/laser diode.
6. Electronic components such as server/workstation/network switches, data center-cloud computing and big data-software services/big data smart application.
7. Kaolin/clay - standardized ceramic materials-ceramic ware-building, ceramics/crafts, ceramics/electronic, ceramics.
8. Coal-thermal power-high-alumina, fly ash-extraction of aluminum oxide from fly ash- electrolytic aluminum-aluminum and magnesium alloy-aluminum for auto/shell for 3C products.
9. Steel/aluminum alloy-engine/gear box/chassis/inner decoration/drive motor-passenger vans/special automobiles/new energy automobiles - sales/auto finance/repair service.
10. Silicon/photo-voltaic glass/metal alloy/heat storage material - solar cell modules /controller/mirror /energy storage batteries, photo-voltaic power generation systems/solar-thermal power generation system/new energy power generation and new energy grid connection.
The extension and upgrading of industrial chains, as well as the growth of emerging industries, have added momentum to the sustainable industrial development of Ordos. It is now leading to steady industrial expansion and breakthroughs in structural adjustment. It is predicted that by 2020 the industrial value created by enterprises above designated size will reach RMB 810 billion, including RMB 630 billion by raw materials enterprises, RMB 100 billion by processing and manufacturing enterprises, RMB 45 billion by high-tech enterprises, and RMB 40 billion by local specialty enterprises.
Enterprises Develop Robustly
Ordos has withstood the downward pressure of economic development. Enterprises have gradually pulled out of difficulties with continuous improvement in business operation and economic efficiency. Various market entities continue to display greater vitality. By the end of May, the number of all market entities reached 185,663, up by 4.07% year-on-year, including 45,411 small and medium-size enterprises, up by 14.9% year-on-year. From January to April, industrial enterprises above designated size achieved RMB 160.3 billion in their main business income, up by 32.5% year-on-year with net profit reaching 27.45 billion, up by 185.5% year-on-year. The strategy of developing through innovation and entrepreneurship has demonstrated initial effects, injecting vigor into the social and economic progress of Ordos. In addition, Ordos implemented more than 100 industrial programs with more than RMB 100 million yearly investment in industrial fixed assets higher than RMB 150 billion, being the No. 1 in the whole autonomous region. The investment from non-coal sectors amounted to more than 80%, with around 20 projects being put into operation every year. All these projects have developed into new economic growth points and gathered momentum for industrial economy.
Environment for Industrial Development Improves
In recent years, by giving full play to the advantages in resources, energy, locations and industrial bases, Ordos has been fostering a conducive environment for investment, consolidating projects and developing enterprises. Ordos’ rich resources in coal, kaolin, high aluminum fly ash and natural gases have provided industries like new-type coal chemistry, ceramics and aluminum cycle with advantages in raw materials. The relatively low electricity price has reduced the costs of enterprises in power, which sharpens the competitive edges of enterprises. Ordos is located on a node on the “Silk Road”. It is a key area in Shanxi, Sanxi and Inner Mongolia and an economic zone of Hohhot-Baotou-Yinchuan-Yulin, enjoying a unique geographic advantage. Industries like new-type coal chemistry, aluminum, equipment manufacturing and IT have paved the way to the future development of fine chemicals, deep-processing of aluminum, high-end equipment manufacturing, big data and cloud computing. Besides, as an important platform and carrier for fast development of enterprises, the 17 industrial parks have, after many years of construction and improvement, completed their public facilities and services including water, electricity, roads, telecommunication, pipe network, fire-fighting and environmental protection, all of which have constituted a good environment for enterprises.
Meanwhile, Ordos has earnestly carried out a series of decisions issued by the State and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in supporting the development of enterprises by proactively implementing the concept of “streamlining + delegation, delegation + administration, optimization of service” and “de-capacity, de-inventory, de-leveraging, reducing cost and making up for the weakness” along with supply-side reforms to reduce the burden on enterprises and create a good policy environment for them. Ordos has released policy measures such as Implementation Opinions on Supporting the Development of Micro, Small and Medium Size Enterprises, General Plan on De-Capacity for Industrial Economy, Notice on Further Supporting Industrial and Commercial Enterprises’ Measures in Reducing Cost and Improving Efficiency, etc. Ordos has set up small and medium size enterprise development fund and carried out assisted and entrusted loans to reduce enterprises’ costs in institutional transactions, labor, taxation, finance, productive factors and logistics, which has further improved the policy environment for enterprises’ development.
