Green innovation, starting with "coal"

“A salesman smiled and recommended to the audience an 'air freshener' labelled with 'clean coal', followed by a picture, when a household in the suburbs used this freshener, the bottle spouted. The whole thing was black smoke, and the whole family kept coughing."

This is a television commercial directed by the brothers Oscar-winning director Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, who are known for their black humour. At the end of this series of advertisements appeared: “In real life. There is nothing to clean coal at all."

For a long time, cleanliness, greenery and coal seem to have never crossed the border. This is not only because of its natural color quality, but also because the impression it has given us for a long time is always linked to the black and white gas fields, the black coal mine, the amazing number of mine disasters, and so on. So, today, in vigorously promoting the green industry, can we combine the concept of green environmental protection with the exploitation and utilization of coal resources? Can coal be green? The answer is yes.

Typical success: "Chenzhou model"

Luzhou City has established a coal-fired power industry with the help of coal resources integration and industrial upgrading. The city has made bold explorations and has obtained a series of successful experiences. It has been hailed as the "Chuzhou model."

The green of the Chuzhou model is first reflected in the dramatic increase in its recovery rate. Due to a round of fruitful reorganization of large SOEs and private enterprises, Ganzhou formed 36 state-owned coal mines and 31 private coal mines, and the number and coal production in the city formed an evenly divided situation. After restructuring, large enterprises with advanced mining technology, management experience, and financial advantages have effectively transformed the business landscape of the past. The municipal government took compulsory measures to shut down small-scale mines below 900,000 tons. The city's recovery rate was increased from 30% before reform to over 75%, which greatly increased the recycling rate of coal resources and embodied the essence of the green economy.

The green of the Chuzhou model is more directly reflected in afforestation. In accordance with the city's "coal supplementation" and "black complement green" policy, the company has increased the rehabilitation of the surrounding greenery environment. Afforestation has been increasing at an annual rate of 300,000 mu. It has reached 22% of the forest coverage rate, which is 2.5 percentage points higher than the national average. A coal industry that has washed away its dark face is quietly displaying itself in front of us in a green and birdish image.

The "Chuzhou model" is like a star fire. It is spreading the seeds of green coal throughout the country with the momentum of prairie fire. We have reason to believe that in the near future, the color of coal will definitely change in everyone's minds.