National policies provide multi-level, systematic support for the green transition of the silicone industry, incorporating it into the core tracks of new materials, high-end manufacturing, and the “dual carbon” strategy, forming a “encourage + constrain + empower” integrated policy framework:
The Guiding Catalog for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2024 edition) includes “silicone monomers,” “electronic-grade polysilicon,” and “comprehensive utilization of trimethylchlorosilane” in encouraged industries, offering investment approval convenience and priority credit support.
Early research in the “15th Five-Year Plan” has identified high-performance silicone materials as key strategic new materials, with a focus on supporting domestic substitution in semiconductors, new energy, and medical fields.
The National Development and Reform Commission issued the Benchmark and Reference Levels for Energy Efficiency in Key Industrial Areas (2024 edition), setting a benchmark energy efficiency of ≤2.0 tons of standard coal per ton for silicone monomers. Projects not meeting the standard cannot add new capacity, while those upgraded to the benchmark can be managed as encouraged projects.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has strengthened regulation of VOCs, HCl, and other pollutants, promoting the upgrade of exhaust treatment and closed production systems.
Local governments actively support the transition: for example, Yongxiu, Jiangxi, established 50 million RMB in digital transformation subsidies and launched the “Silicone Industry Loan,” pre-approving 460 million RMB for 28 enterprises.
Green finance support: silicone technical renovation projects meeting the Green Bond Support Project Catalog can issue green bonds; some banks offer preferential interest rates with LPR reductions of 10–30 basis points for enterprises certified as green factories.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology promotes the development of industry standards such as Technical Specifications for Green Design Product Evaluation – Silicone Polymers, guiding low-carbon practices across the lifecycle.
National-level certifications like “Green Factory” and “Green Supply Chain” are open to silicone enterprises, granting tax reductions, export facilitation, and other benefits to certified companies.
In green electricity-rich regions such as Yunnan, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, integrated “green power + silicone” bases are encouraged (e.g., Hoshine Shanshan, Xingfa Yichang) to reduce carbon footprints.
Support is provided for circular upgrades in chemical parks, promoting closed-loop use of by-products such as hydrochloric acid and chloromethane within the parks.
National policies have shifted from “broad encouragement” to “precise guidance + rigid constraints,” promoting green upgrades through catalog access, subsidies, and green power support while eliminating backward capacity with energy efficiency thresholds and emission standards. As carbon border adjustment (CBAM) pressures propagate and the green manufacturing system improves, policy benefits will continue to concentrate on leading enterprises with advanced technology and low-carbon, high-efficiency operations.
