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Wallpaper, digital heat transfer paper, mobile phone battery separator paper... Paper with special uses is ubiquitous in daily life, and they are called special paper. As a paper-based functional material, special paper has replaced many traditional materials and is widely used in medical, food, electrical, aviation and other fields.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, on April 25th, the 4th China International Special Paper Exhibition opened in Quzhou. More than 500 people, including members of the China Special Paper Committee, domestic and foreign special paper experts, industry associations, representatives of well-known enterprises, and exhibitors, gathered together.

How vast is the blue ocean of the special paper industry in Quzhou? As a national special paper industry base and the largest decorative base paper production base in Asia, Quzhou has 85 paper manufacturing enterprises above designated size. Data shows that in 2022, the special paper production in the city was about 2 million tons, accounting for about 30% of China's special paper industry. The total industrial output value was 27.52 billion yuan, making it the region with the most concentrated market share of special paper in the country.

Why can Quzhou's special paper industry stand out as a "paper" industry?

1、 The history of producing special paper in Quzhou can be traced back a hundred years. In 1918, the wax paper factory established in Quzhou was hailed as the "father of Chinese wax paper".

The Longyou Paper Mill, which started construction in 1958, was known as the three major papermaking enterprises in Zhejiang along with Minfeng Paper and Huafeng Paper at that time, and was also the earliest enterprise in Longyou County to start producing special paper. In December 1993, Longyou Paper Mill was established as Zhejiang Yalun Co., Ltd., with a maximum number of employees of nearly 2500.

With the restructuring and fission of enterprises, a large number of industrial technicians were left behind, which subsequently gave birth to a large number of special paper enterprises.

Tong Shuhua is the chief engineer of Zhejiang Jinchang Special Paper Co., Ltd., who has been engaged in the papermaking industry for more than 30 years. He is the first graduate student to study papermaking in Longyou County and previously served as the general manager of Aaron Paper Mill. At Zhejiang Hengda New Materials Co., Ltd., another special paper enterprise not far from Jinchang Paper Industry, the company's head, Jiang Wenlong, was also a former employee of Aaron Paper Mill. Like Tong Shuhua and Jiang Wenlong, after the restructuring, these former technical and management talents introduced or established a number of special paper enterprises through technology and capital investments.

With the continuous improvement of market requirements for product technology, Quzhou has opened a papermaking major, and introduced Zhejiang University of Technology and Zhejiang University of Science and Technology to establish a technology transfer center. The first special paper industry academician workstation has been built, forming a multi-level and multi-level talent cultivation system, providing a large number of talents for paper enterprises. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

The development of the special paper industry requires talents, and more importantly, it requires the assistance of "tangible hands". Based on top-level design, Quzhou has issued the "Action Plan for the Implementation of the Six Major Industrial Chain Enhancement Projects in Quzhou City (2020 2025)", which clearly identifies special paper as a key cultivation industry in the city and is one of the six iconic industrial chains in Quzhou. The city leaders serve as the "chain leaders" and academicians and experts serve as the chief scientists, leading the promotion of the advanced foundation and modernization of the special paper industry. By 2025, the output value of the special paper industry chain is planned to reach 30 billion yuan, "said the heads of relevant departments of the Quzhou Economic and Information Technology Bureau. They have formulated the" Quzhou Special Paper Industry Chain Improvement Plan "around the special paper industry, proposing eight specific measures such as" establishing a safety list of the industry chain and accelerating collaborative innovation of the industry chain ".

2、 Although special paper has become an indispensable and important material in various industries, it belongs to the resource and energy consuming industry. Located at the source of Qiantang River, green is the bottom color of Quzhou and the bottom line of development. Under the pressure of the "dual carbon" target, in recent years, various regions have tightened policies and compressed production capacity.

This undoubtedly poses enormous pressure on the development of the special paper industry. What should Quzhou do?

Traditional industries are not equal to backward driving forces. "Jiang Dongdong, a member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Quzhou Economic and Information Bureau, emphasized that the key is to promote special paper enterprises to accelerate their progress towards high-end, digital, low-carbon, and green development, and achieve transformation and iteration.

After the technological transformation, the production line has reduced energy consumption by nearly 15% and increased production capacity by nearly 70%. "Zhang Qi, the chief engineer of Zhejiang Kaifeng New Materials Co., Ltd., calculated an energy account. After the technological transformation, the No.1 food packaging paper production line has saved 60% in terms of gas consumption alone. The power consumption per ton of paper can be controlled at 1000 kilowatt hours, and the annual production of special paper has increased from 12000 tons to 20000 tons. Nowadays, the company's steam and electricity consumption per ton of paper has reached an international leading level among its peers, as reported by Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation.

Quzhou has long realized that "high energy consumption and low output" is not the path for high-quality development of the special paper industry. Calculating energy accounts through technological transformation and energy conservation is just one of the strategies for Quzhou to promote energy conservation and consumption reduction. Promoting the deep processing of special paper, increasing product added value, and also balancing the high energy consumption brought by raw paper production. To this end, Quzhou has deeply implemented the policy of large-scale scientific and technological innovation, benefiting enterprises with real gold and silver. In 2022, only Quzhou City Jingxinkou cashed in more than 20 million yuan for special paper enterprises, of which Xiawang Paper Industry's major manufacturing technology renovation project subsidy was 10 million yuan.

Looking around, Xiawang Paper, Hengda Paper, Jinchang Paper... well-known specialty paper companies are subverting traditional perceptions - different from the stereotype of high pollution, high consumption, and low added value in papermaking. These companies are installing the world's top control and equipment systems, using energy-saving and environmentally friendly processes, and producing high-end products such as pharmaceutical paper, battery separators, and nano new materials.

Quzhou special paper is constantly transforming and upgrading in difficulties, and growing and growing under pressure. According to data, the first special paper exhibition was held in 2015, and the output value of Quzhou's special paper reached 16.7 billion yuan. By 2022, the output value of Quzhou's special paper had reached 27.52 billion yuan, an increase of over 10 billion yuan in 8 years, accounting for about 30% of the national market size and becoming a true base of China's special paper industry.

3、 At the opening ceremony, the Longyou County Government signed a project cooperation agreement with China Pulp and Paper Research Institute Co., Ltd., settling the Paper Industry Productivity Promotion Center under the China Pulp and Paper Research Institute in Longyou. Together with local and surrounding industry, academia, and research institutions, a new innovative service platform for the special paper industry was established. At present, Quzhou has two technological innovation platforms, namely the Quzhou Branch of the China Pulp and Paper Research Institute, the Longyou Special Paper Industry in Zhejiang Province, and the Qujiang High Performance Paper and Fiber Composite New Materials Industry in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province. Sun Bo, Chairman of China Pulp and Paper Research Institute Co., Ltd., said that the establishment of the Paper Industry Productivity Promotion Center in Longyou will further enhance the innovation capacity and level of Quzhou's special paper industry.

Special paper belongs to a capital, technology, resource, and energy intensive industry, which is highly correlated with upstream and downstream industries. In addition to the addition of innovative research and development, Quzhou also strives to reduce costs by improving industrial supporting facilities, focusing on extending and strengthening the chain, and expanding and strengthening the special paper industry cluster.

In response to the 'spindle shaped' structural characteristics of small output at both ends of pulp and post-processing in the Quzhou special paper industry chain and large output of intermediate raw paper, we adhere to strengthening the chain, supplementing and extending the chain, drawing an industrial investment map, and establishing an industrial resource library, target enterprise library, customer resource library, and investment project library. "Lan Guoyun, director of Quzhou Investment Promotion Center, said that in 2022, there will be 15 special paper projects in the city, with a total investment of 8.8 billion yuan, covering cigarette accessories, food Multiple fields such as high-end paper based materials.

In Longyou, in recent years, carbon based paper based new materials have been regarded as one of the two leading industries in the local area. 7 square kilometers have been allocated in the Longyou Economic Development Zone to support the development of special paper enterprises. On the basis of building facilities such as centralized power supply, sewage treatment, waste heat recovery, and reclaimed water reuse, pulp logistics centers and special paper storage centers have also been laid out in the Longyou Port area to reduce enterprise costs.

We moved our company from Jiashan to Longyou because of our industrial foundation and cluster advantages. Walking into the production workshop of Zhejiang Lanyu New Materials Co., Ltd., we saw CNC assembly lines running at high speed. As the only manufacturer of acrylic protective special paper in China, the PV glass protective paper produced by the enterprise accounts for more than 20% of the national market price. At present, the second phase of the project is progressing in an orderly manner. The annual output value has exceeded 200 million, and the share of the national photovoltaic paper industry has reached 50%. "The person in charge of the enterprise is full of confidence, and Huacheng's import and export data observation report.

Optimizing and strengthening the special paper industry chain, making this paper a bigger industry. Quzhou is fully committed to this goal.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, the China International Special Paper Exhibition began in 2015 and is an exhibition with significant influence in showcasing and exchanging technology and products in the special paper industry both domestically and internationally. In addition to exhibiting the products of enterprises, this special paper exhibition also held the "16th Special Paper Technology Exchange Conference" at the same time.