Hardware industry is a typical consumption of resource-based industries in the production process requires a lot of metal raw materials (including and non-ferrous metals), while also consuming large amounts of energy (including electricity, fuel, etc.). 2004 tools for hardware, architectural hardware, daily hardware three categories of exports amounted to 17.3 billion U.S. dollars, exports more than Germany, the United States and other powers of traditional hardware exports, accounting for first in the world. However, this “crown? Is built on mass production of China’s consumption of resources, and pollution under the premise of a lot of energy, relying on low-cost competitive advantage comes from. At the same time, China’s exports of metal products, price is only a few industrialized countries in Europe and America one-, or even one of a dozen points. In other words, using the same raw materials, consumption of the same energy, the value of our end product is only a small part of people, if we are to create and the United States and Europe the same value product , to spend several times more than others, and even 10 times the raw materials and energy consumption.

     

    Machinery Industry Association statistics show that the production of machinery and electronic products using energy and raw material costs account for about 70% product cost. According to the data analysis, mechanical and electrical products with higher energy can account for about 70% of the national energy use, energy saving, water, and wood enormous potential. Meanwhile, the machinery industry for more than 90% of small and medium enterprises, the application of its products throughout the production, construction, circulation and consumption of various fields such as conservation of resources plays an important role.

   

   ”CPC Central Committee on National Economic and Social Development, the recommendations of the Tenth Five-Year Plan,” pointed out that development of circular economy is the construction of a resource-saving and environment-friendly society and an important way to achieve sustainable development. Has insisted on developing equal emphasis on conservation, conservation priority, according to reduction, re-use, resource-oriented principle, vigorously promote energy-saving and land and materials to strengthen the comprehensive utilization of resources, improve the utilization of renewable resource recycling system, and the full implementation of clean production, the formation of low-input , low-cost, low emissions and high efficiency of conservation-oriented growth. Actively develop and promote resource conservation, substitution and recycling technologies, accelerate the pace of energy saving technological transformation of the high rate of consumption, pollution, heavy, technological backwardness of the process and product implementation of the mandatory phase-out system with a price conducive to resource saving and fiscal policy. In metallurgy, building materials, chemicals, electric power and other key industries, and industrial parks and a number of cities, to carry out a pilot recycling economy and improve the laws and regulations, to explore an effective model for development of circular economy. Strengthen conservation awareness, encourage the production and use of energy-efficient water-saving products, energy saving and environment-friendly cars, the development of energy-saving and land-building, form a healthy, civilized, resource-saving consumption patterns.

    

    Machinery industry in the “Eleventh Five-Year? Plan, will be energy, water, and wood (saving) key mechanical and electrical products, planning, and related products to guide the production, promotion and application of mechanical and electrical products out of high energy consumption, promote technology advanced high efficiency, environmental protection, energy-saving machinery and electronic products. Changchun City in Jilin Province held a “National Bearing Industry ‘Eleventh Five-Year’ planning seminar?, representatives from the national bearing industry and related industries 86 units of 107 representatives meet one , jointly bearing industry, “Eleventh Five-Year? development strategy. It was agreed that, the bearings industry needs in building a conservation-oriented society and promote the harmonious development of economy and society to play an active role, we need to increase the bearing industry, science and technology content, and vigorously promoting” saving? science, technology, production of “saving? product. instrumentation industry,” Eleventh Five-Year? planning meeting also made it clear that the instrumentation industry in the future for a long period of time, all will be the development of conservation-oriented products. At the same time, from the stakeholders informed, such as Chang’an mold industrial base, Jiangsu Qidong hometown of power tools, new stainless steel industrial base metal industry cluster in the future planning, the development focus have positioned the use of high technology, conservation-oriented products the development and promotion. Mold industry in its “Eleventh Five-Year? Plan, the demand for large, high technical content, representing the direction of development, export prospects for a good new” conservation-oriented? Product development and promotion of industrial development as the top priority, strive to make China’s mold levels by 2010, the ranks of the advanced level in Asia.

    

    Hardware Chamber of Commerce from the National Federation of Industry was informed that, at present, the relevant hardware industry providers (Association) will strengthen the industry self-regulation play an increasingly significant role. Has been officially promulgated and valve type to be implemented industry standards, industry standards are also attached great importance to tap energy-efficient product development. The relevant responsible person said that the Chamber of Commerce, the National Federation of Industry Chamber hardware standards is being accelerated the pace of development of industry self-regulation, the industry self-regulation to one of the core is to guide and promote the hardware industry, to conservation-oriented. LAW 100-hui said that the status quo from the industry and future development needs, hardware, mechanical and electrical tooling and other related industries, industrial clusters, “Eleventh Five-Year? Planning and scientific location, industry providers (Association) will be building a conservation-oriented society, industry self-regulation,” conservation Type? hardware industry is coming of age.