English Views: 12 Author: Site Editor Publish Time: 2021-10-04 Origin: Site
Recently, the news that high-energy-consuming enterprises in Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province was suddenly "stopped production" received widespread attention. On the morning of the 23rd, a reporter from "Zheshang" visited the Keqiao printing and dyeing enterprise and found that the local power supply was normal, but the thermal power plant stopped supplying steam, causing the printing and dyeing enterprises in the district to stop production. In addition to the printing and dyeing industry, local chemical fiber and chemical industries are also affected.
The business owners interviewed said that such a sudden stop of production has never happened in the running business for decades. "This time it was too sudden and we were unprepared."
The production line was shut down, the workshop was silent, and some cloths were still hanging on the huge equipment. Most of the workers are on vacation, leaving only some mechanics and a small number of packaging workers. For the printing and dyeing enterprises in the Binhai Industrial Zone of Keqiao District, it is extraordinary that scenes that only appeared during the Spring Festival in the past suddenly appeared in the peak production season after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Different from the quietness of the workshop, business owners are worried in their hearts. "Fuzzy", "lost", and "heavy burden in their hearts" are the words they have talked about many times.
The business owners interviewed told Zheshang that the notice of production suspension was received before noon on September 21st, and the people from the Ma'an Street Industrial Office or the thermal power plant where the industrial zone is located notified them on the phone (the company has not received a formal written notice so far Notice), the content is that the steam supply will be stopped at 2 pm on the same day and completely stopped at 8 pm. It will be stopped until September 30 for a period of 10 days. The reason for the suspension was not elaborated.
Steam, like electricity, is a necessary energy source for printing and dyeing companies. If the supply of steam stops, the company will inevitably stop production. The 109 printing and dyeing enterprises in Keqiao District are all concentrated within an area of about 7 square kilometers in the coastal area, and mainly three thermal power companies-Binhai Zheneng Power Plant, Far East Thermal Power, and Tianma Thermal Power supply steam.
The power supply is normal. Because there is no steam to produce, the business owner cut off the power to the equipment, and only kept the electricity for life and sewage treatment.
On September 17, a business person saw an "Information Letter" issued by Zhejiang Zheneng Shaoxing Binhai Heating Power Company in the WeChat group of the industry. The content was "Affected by various factors such as import restrictions and increased domestic demand. The required high-calorific value coal is always in short supply. All the heating units that provide steam to our company have tried their best to purchase, but it is still very difficult. Affected by this, the possibility of requiring all thermal users to use steam in an orderly manner is not ruled out. For this reason, I would like to inform you in advance, please make sure to make arrangements for your own production plans in advance."
An enterprise person said that the "orderly use of steam" mentioned in the notification letter, the enterprise has a mental expectation, because the use of steam is the same as electricity, sewage, etc., often facing "ordered use", usually in the region. Stopped one by one, for example, a company stopped two days a week.
The business owners interviewed said that they were dumbfounded after receiving the notice to completely stop the steam supply. All production is in the middle of the process, and the cloth is immersed in the tank, too late to complete; half of the production is stopped, half of the dyed cloth is quickly wrapped in plastic paper, otherwise it will be a defective product; It's useless for ten days.
Business owners are like headless flies, calling everywhere to ask what is going on. A business owner received a call from the person in charge of the street, saying that the street needs to carry out the orders from the higher level, and asked him to explain to his colleagues.
The person in charge of the interviewed company analyzed that the suspension of steam supply this time may be related to the government's dual-carbon target constraints. Some companies mentioned to the reporter of Zheshang that on September 17 they had received a letter of notification from Zhejiang Thermal Power Company via WeChat, to the effect that the purchase of coal was relatively tight, and it did not rule out the “orderly use of steam” for thermal users. possibility. It may be that such "information" is not too "official", and the person in charge of the company who received the WeChat did not pay too much attention to it, because "orderly use of steam" is more common, and companies will generally be suspended for one or two days in turn. Unexpectedly, this time it was "one size fits all". Until all supplies were suspended on the 21st, some business leaders kept mentioning relevant information in their communications in an attempt to retroactively restore the suspension.
The national printing and dyeing industry has annual sales of more than 100 billion yuan, and the production capacity of Keqiao printing and dyeing industry accounts for 1/3 of the country. In recent years, Keqiao District has moved all printing and dyeing enterprises in the district into Binhai Industrial Zone to carry out industrial agglomeration and upgrading. According to statistics from business owners, there are 100,000 direct employees in Keqiao's printing and dyeing industry.
The first thing that business owners worry about is that customer orders cannot be fulfilled.
A person in charge of a medium-sized printing and dyeing company told Zheshang that under normal circumstances, its factory printed and dyed about 1 million meters of cloth per day and stopped production for 10 days. In addition to the economic loss of nearly 6 million yuan, it also faced the problem of how to explain to customers. "Some foreign customers have already called to ask what to do with the order, but we haven't responded and we need to wait and see for another two days. If the order cannot be delivered, we will definitely have to pay for it."
A business owner with more than 1,300 employees said: "Customers are rushing to death, but orders are only half done. Customers call to let us hurry up. How should we hurry up? My heart is under great pressure. If we stop for 10 days, many companies I will definitely not be able to deliver it. This year the price of raw materials and ocean freight will increase, and we can only guarantee the capital, but now we are even more at a loss."
Under the suspension of production, business owners are worried about losing market opportunities. September and October is the peak season for the printing and dyeing industry, and many companies have high expectations for autumn orders. Due to the suspension of production, customers have already lost. "If we notify the cessation of production in advance, we will rush the urgent order, and we will not rush it slowly, and we will not pick it up if the profit is low. At least give us some buffer time." A business owner complained.
In addition, staff placement is also a thorny issue. About 100,000 printing and dyeing employees, about 80% are non-local employees, how will the employees be arranged during the 10-day shutdown period?
At present, a large number of employees of various printing and dyeing enterprises are waiting, "similar to the New Year", and many spend their time in the dormitories. "If we don't start work, we will have very little income and hope to resume production." An employee said.
The interviewed business owners have no idea that they will stop production for 10 days, so should employees take a long vacation or what? Will it be possible to start work normally after stopping for a few days? They worry that if they take a long holiday, employees may have to go back to their hometowns, and production may be disrupted by the epidemic after returning to the factory. The industrial zone is also close to the estuary of the Qiantang River. On August 18, the Qiantang River tide is approaching, and employees may go to see the tide. In addition, they are also worried that some workers who are free will drink and gamble.
This afternoon, some printing and dyeing business owners in Keqiao District will meet to discuss the issue of employees' holiday. "If you want to take a holiday, how to arrange the employees, the government has not given us a fixed number. What about the more than 1,000 employees in the factory, is more worried." A head of a printing and dyeing company said.
In the past two days, some business owners have also received calls from banks about the suspension of work. Various banks have a large amount of loans to enterprises in Binhai Industrial Zone, so they are very concerned about the suspension of production.
The owner of Keqiao printing and dyeing business noticed that in Yuecheng, Shangyu and Paojiang in Shaoxing, as well as Xiaoshan in Hangzhou and Haining in Jiaxing, steam and electricity are half-on and half-off, and production is still possible. Many orders are transferred to these areas. They feel unfair because of this.
The Keqiao District Printing and Dyeing Industry Association submitted a report to the district committee and district government on the resumption of production and orderly use of electricity in the printing and dyeing industry as soon as possible. Restore half; the second is to verify the actual energy consumption and energy consumption indicators of each printing and dyeing enterprise first, and remove illegal production capacity that exceeds the indicators in order to achieve the purpose of reducing consumption and reducing production capacity.
"The dual-carbon goal is the general trend, and we firmly support it, but the local notice is too simple and rude. It should not be rushed to the hospital at the end of the quarter and urgent matters. The one size fits all makes the company unable to adjust. If the preliminary work is done carefully, it will leave room for the company. We can adjust, so that the loss to the local area and the enterprise will be reduced." The interviewed business owner said (source: Sun Lan, chief writer of Zheshang Magazine All Media)
