tailieunhanh - China’s Pulp and Paper Industry: A Review*

We conclude that additional investments in cleaner production and products may be stimulated by widening the cost gap between the two types of technologies, for instance, by additionally charging for the use of waste and energy. The potential for continuously substi- tuting end-of-pipe technologies with cleaner technologies might be limited, however, since not all regulations favoring end-of-pipe technologies can be cut down. For example, addi- tional filters currently reduce particulate emissions of Diesel cars more effectively than the more eco-efficient Diesel engines. Thus, a certain amount of end-of-pipe technologies will still be necessary to curb specific emissions which cannot easily reduced. | 1 T 1 T T À A T China s Pulp and Paper Industry A Review Zhong Zhuang Lan Ding Haizheng Li School of Economics Georgia Institute of Technology We would like to thank Xian Fu Renyu Li Li Liang Zhiyong Liu Yang Peng Valentin Todorov Zhimin Xin Luping Yang for assistance on data and company visit. China s Pulp and Paper Industry A Review Abstract In this report we provide an overview of the pulp and paper industry in China based on both industry level data and firm level data. We discussed the industry on its current stand pattern and trends relative importance in the world and its transformation. More specifically in addition to the general discussion of the pulp paper and paperboard sector we also analyzed structural change on the demand during the course of economic transition capacity expansion and foreign direct investment company performance and discrepancy of data from different sources. Finally we introduced two representative companies visited in China for this study. Key Words Chinese pulp industry Chinese paper industry 1. Introduction The development of the China s pulp and paper industry is drawing increasing interest among scholars policy makers and international producers. Chinese paper and paperboard production ranked in the world and reached million metric tons in 2004 and increased to 56 million in 2005. In 2005 Chinese consumption of paper and paperboard reached million metric tons. Chinese pulp production which attained million metric tons Mts in 2004 was also one of the top 3 producers in the world since 1995. However as to the per capita consumption of paper and paperboard China has been ranked very low in the world ranging from 57 to 68 in the world. In 2005 Chinese consumption was only 45 kg per capita which was very low compared 300 kg per capita in countries such as the United States and Therefore The Chinese market has a great potential for paper and paperboard products. The pulp and paper industry is one of .