The paper industry development policy of papermaking industry layout and fibrous materials, resource conservation, environmental protection, industry access to 12 of the norms and provisions. Paper industry development policy proposed, through change growth way, enhanced industry and enterprise social responsibility consciousness, strictly implementation national about environmental protection, legal regulations, strive to to 2010 achieved paper industry tons products average take water by 2005 103 cubic metres fell to 80 cubic metres, and integrated average energy (standard coal) by 2005 1.38 tons fell to 1.10 tons, and chemical needed oxygen volume by 2005 1.6 million tons reduction to 1.4 million tons.

China pulp and paper industry less large group, less strong enterprises, most of the pulp and paper business is too small. He Yanli, Deputy Director of the national development and Reform Commission Industrial Division pointed out that scattered, chaotic situation of paper industry, limiting the level of enterprise technology, product and effective control of pollution. Requirements of the paper industry development policy, "Eleven-Five" period, the distribution of papermaking industry should give full consideration to the fiber resources, water resources, environmental capacity and other conditions, to the allocation of resources is reasonable, and environmental development. Overall layout of the paper industry development "from North to South" adjustments, form a whole new layout.

He Yanli, said, "the Eleven-Five" during key environmental protection areas, severe water shortage areas, major cities in the urban areas, layout no longer pulp and paper project to prohibit construction of irrigation water shortage areas of pulpwood forest base.

From 2002 to China's paper industry on the Yangtze River as the dividing line, preliminary adjustment has begun, layout of South of the Yangtze River and North of the Yangtze River had reached 52% and 48%.

Submitted in accordance with the pulp and paper industry development policy, "from North to South" adjustment of target, the "Eleven-Five" period, is the focus of papermaking industry development area south of the Yangtze River, to be dominated by forestry-paper integration construction, accelerate the development of pulp and paper industry. The Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta region, with special attention to wood pulp and waste paper and other paper at home and abroad, in principle no longer layout using wood pulp project.

Is the optimization of papermaking industry in the North of the Yangtze River area, focusing on adjusting the structure of raw materials, reducing the concentration of enterprises, and improve production.

To eliminate backward in Huang-Huai-Hai area straw pulp production capacity, increase the use of wood pulp and waste paper, and moderate development of forestry-paper integration, pulp project to control water consumption, accelerate industrial upgrading, ensure that in the development of the pulp and paper industry does not increase or decrease water consumption and pollutant emissions.

Accelerate pulpwood forest base construction in the Northeast, increasing transformation of existing enterprises, enhance their competitiveness, in principle layout a new pulp and paper companies.

It is understood that the 2005 paper industry wastewater discharge volume of 3.67 billion tons, per cent of total emissions of key national statistics Enterprise 17.0%,COD 1.597 million tons of emissions, covering national key enterprises COD emissions 32.4%. Straw pulp production line of alkali recovery plant production only accounts for 30% of straw pulp production, grass pulp COD emitted by the paper industry emissions of more than 60%.