Bamboo Pulp Making Potential "Green Gold Mine"

With the rapid development of news, publishing, and packaging, China has become a major producer and consumer of paper. As China is a Shaolin country, ecological protection has a long way to go, and the contradiction between the production capacity of wood pulp and the market demand has become increasingly prominent. Experts believe that the development of bamboo pulp is an effective way to solve the contradiction between supply and demand in China's paper industry, and it is also a practical method for adjusting the structure of raw materials in China's paper industry, which can make up for the gap in China's current high-end pulp.

According to reports, the performance of bamboo pulp is between coniferous forest and broad-leaved wood pulp, which is obviously superior to grass pulp. It can replace hardwood pulp and reduce the amount of coniferous wood pulp used to make various papers. Bamboo pulp production process, pollution control process is mature and reliable, and most of the equipment can be selected domestic products, can effectively reduce costs. According to relevant sources, the unit cost of using bamboo to produce each ton of pulp is nearly 1,500 yuan lower than that of pine, nearly 900 yuan lower than that of eucalyptus, and its quality is comparable to that of wood pulp. In the face of the international market after joining the WTO, we have strong competitiveness.

China's bamboo resources are abundant. China is the country with the most abundant bamboo resources in the world. The type, area, volume, and annual output of bamboo are among the highest in the world. According to statistics, there are currently more than 4.2 million hectares of bamboo forests in the country (accounting for 25% of the world's total area), and annual bamboo cuttings amount to about 9 million tons. Moreover, bamboo is easy to grow by hand and has a short production cycle. Once planted, it can be used forever, and continuous harvesting will not cause damage to the ecological environment. In addition, the national project of returning farmland to forests and natural forests implemented in the western region has provided conditions for the development of bamboo resources in the bamboo pulp industry and formed an industry chain led by the paper industry.

According to expert analysis, bamboo and wood are collectively planned to develop 3 million tons of bamboo pulp by 2005, and 8 million tons of bamboo pulp by 2015 to properly adjust the raw material structure of the paper industry. Needless to say, bamboo pulp and paper with technological advantages and market advantages is a huge gold mine waiting to be excavated.