Xinhua News Agency focuses on Wuhan to focus on high -quality development: practicing the "double carbon" strategy, Wuhan's zone to force carbon finance

The picture shows the central urban area of ​​Wuchang. Photo Conferring in the Propaganda Department of Wuchang District Party Committee

Climate investment and financing is a booster for achieving the "double carbon" goal. In August, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and other departments issued the "Notice on the announcement of the list of pilot investment and financing of climate". The 23 place was included in the pilot list, and Wuhan Wuchang District was ranked among them.

Wuchang District is the financial center of Wuhan City, and it is also the place of China's carbon emissions registration and settlement and settlement Co., Ltd. and the Hubei Carbon Emissions Rights Trading Center. At present, Wuchang is relying on the carbon market's leading advantages to actively build a carbon financial agglomeration area, innovate carbon financial products, and guide more funds to conduct investment and financing activities in the field of climate change.

Borrowing the carbon market to gather carbon -related elements

On the large -screen electronic screen of the Hubei Carbon Emissions Rights Trading Center, the transaction details and transaction trends of the carbon market in Hubei showed in real time.

Hubei Carbon Emissions Trading Center (referred to as "Hubei Carbon Delivery") is one of the first batch of 7 carbon emissions transactions in the country. According to Wang Yue, the center of the carbon trading department of the center, since 8 years of operation, the Hubei carbon market has been included in more than 330 key emission units in 15 industries. As of August 31, the cumulative transaction volume of Hubei carbon market reached 368 million tons, with a turnover of 8.765 billion yuan.

On July 16, 2021, the national unified carbon emission right trading market officially opened the launch transaction. The national carbon market adopts the "dual city" model. Shanghai is a trading center and Wuhan is a registration and settlement center, namely medium -carbon boarding.

China Carbon Deng undertakes the functions of the confirmation of the right to the national carbon emissions rights, trading settlement, and distribution of contracts. It is the data center of the nation's carbon assets.

Data from China Carbon Decipher showed that the first performance cycle of the country's carbon market was included in 2,162 key emission units in the power generation industry, covering more than 4 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions. As of August 31, the national carbon emission right trading market has accumulated a total of 195 million tons, with a cumulative total transaction volume of 8.56 billion yuan.

Fan Likui, deputy secretary of the Wuchang District Party Committee and the district chief, said that the two key carbon -related institutions settled in Wuchang to bring huge opportunities for the local carbon -related talents and technology. Wuchang will explore the climate investment and financing system according to local conditions to form a copy that can be replicated and promoted. Experience provides strong support for the "double carbon" strategy.

The picture shows the China Carbon Deng Building. Xinhuanet sent Xia Guoyan Photo

Relying on financial cities to create a carbon financial agglomeration area

At the exit of Gaushan Metro Metro Station of Zhongbei Road, Wuchang District, the China Carbon Dengzhong Building has risen, and the construction of the building has entered the end of the closing. China Carbon Deng Building is a carbon financial gathering building focusing on Wuchang. It is planned to introduce and cultivate a group of carbon financial companies to form a carbon financial agglomeration area.

"Cultivating the carbon financial industry chain is inseparable from the drip irrigation and empowerment of the financial industry." Wu Jiang, secretary of the party group and director of the local financial work bureau of Wuchang District, said that Wuchang's traditional financial industry is more aggressive and developed. Service provides support.

Wuchang is the core city of Wuhan. The financial industry is its pillar industry. The comprehensive strength is among the best in Hubei Province and Wuhan.

At present, there are more than 360 regional headquarters and legal person financial institutions in Wuchang. In 2021, the value -added of the financial industry reached 43.6 billion yuan, accounting for a quarter of the added value of Wuhan's financial industry, which laid a good foundation for the gathered carbon financial industry.

Zhongbei Road, where the China Carbon Dengli Building is located, is located in the core area of ​​the financial industry structure of the "One Axis and Multi -Garden" in Wuchang. Wuchang District Planning takes the China Carbon Deng Building as the core, introducing carbon financial institutions, low -carbon leading enterprises, R & D institutions, etc., and continues to inject vitality for climate investment and financing and "dual carbon" development.

In June of this year, the Wuchang District Government and the Agricultural Bank of China Wuhan Branch and other institutions signed the "Financial Institution to Support the National Climate Investment and Financing Development Cooperation Agreement". These financial institutions stated that a series of explorations will be opened in terms of climate investment and financing standards, carbon financial innovation and other aspects, supporting the construction of climate investment and financing in Wuchang District.

The picture shows the main axis of the financial industry structure of Wuchang District. Photo Conferring in the Propaganda Department of Wuchang District Party Committee

Innovate carbon financial products to empower carbon main body

Golden Phoenix Paper (Xiaogan) Co., Ltd. is a company that is the main business corrugated paper production and sales. The company has its own power plant and generates power. It is one of the national carbon emissions transaction quota management units.

According to the carbon distribution of the company in the country's carbon market and its operating situation, the company obtained a credit limit of 50 million yuan in Wuhan Branch of Industrial Bank. In November last year, Wuhan Branch of Industrial Bank, the company, successfully handled the carbon emissions power pledge financing of 3 million yuan, effectively revitalizing the company's carbon -assigned assets.

Issuing the Green Bond of the Single Water Environmental Governance Project in Hubei, and issuing Hubei's first hook "Carbon neutralization" bond index structural deposit ... Since the opening of the Hubei carbon market, carbon financial products in Wuchang District have been refreshing.

The relevant person in charge of the Wuhan Branch of Industrial Bank said that with the advancement of the "double carbon" strategy, the green financial potential represented by carbon finance is huge. The person in charge said that the bank will innovate carbon financial products and strongly support the low -carbon transformation of rowing companies and serve the carbon market.

In June last year, the green financial service platform "Hubei Tong", undertaken by the Hubei Carbon Emissions Trading Center, was officially launched. Li Yan, the person in charge of the carbon finance department of the center, introduced that "Hubei Tong" will match the green industrial projects with investment and financing needs and investment and financing preferences of financial institutions. The predicament of the project.

Up to now, "Hubei Tong" has settled in more than 40 financial institutions and more than 200 enterprises, and has selected more than 400 green low -carbon projects in the library, which has achieved financing for 75 projects, with a total financing of 77 billion yuan.Li Yan said that the carbon diploma is the first to launch carbon financial products such as carbon funds, carbon custody, and carbon pledge financing in the country. Various types of innovative financing have reached 1.6 billion yuan.

Wuchang District proposed that it will strive to build a basic and complete carbon financial industry system by 2023. By 2025, it will be built into a national carbon financial agglomeration area with important influence and high openness, forming a vibrant carbon financial industry economy.(Xia Guoyan)

(Source: Xinhua News Agency client)

【Edit: Fu Sakura】

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