National Development and Reform Commission, Catalogue for Guiding the Adjustment of the Industrial Structure (2019 Edition, Draft for Comments)

Main contents: The 2019 edition of the Catalogue comprises three categories, the encouraged category, the restricted category and the elimination category. The encouraged category mainly involves technologies, equipment, products and industries that have a key role in promoting social and economic development and are conducive to satisfying the demand of the people for a good life and promoting quality growth. The restricted category mainly involves production capacity, processes, technologies, equipment and products the processes and technologies for which are obsolete, that do not comply with industry access conditions and relevant provisions, new construction and expansion for which are prohibited and that require transformation. The elimination category mainly involves obsolete processes, technologies, equipment and products that do not comply with relevant laws and regulations, do not satisfy work safety conditions, seriously waste resources, pollute the environment and need to be eliminated. Those that do not fall into the encouraged category, restricted category or elimination category while complying with relevant state laws, regulations and policies fall into the permitted category. The permitted category is not covered in the Catalogue.