Three-year Action Plan to Accelerate the Development of "Replacing Plastics with Bamboo".

This Three-year Action Plan to Accelerate the Development of "Replacing Plastics with Bamboo" is a sectoral policy document at the national level. The Action Plan sets a target for 2025: to preliminarily establish the "replacing plastic with bamboo" industrial system, further elevate product quality, diversity, industrial scale, and overall benefits, with a significant increase in the market share of key products. As compared to 2022, the comprehensive added value of major "replacing plastic with bamboo" products is expected to increase by over 20%, and the comprehensive utilization rate of bamboo materials is targeted to rise by 20 percentage points.

The Action Plan emphasizes constructing an industrial system centered around replacing plastic with bamboo, coordinating the comprehensive development of all elements throughout the entire chain, focusing on bamboo resource cultivation, deep processing of bamboo materials, product design and manufacturing, and expanding market applications. Recognizing the current challenges of small scale, low output, high costs, and relatively backward technology and equipment in the "replacing plastic with bamboo" industry, the plan specifically outlines seven targeted actions: actions to enhance technological innovation, cultivate industrial ecology, facilitate production and sales integration, promote substitution in key scenarios, guide development in distinctive regions, conduct social publicity and guidance, and foster international exchanges and cooperation. Simultaneously, the Action Plan releases the List of "Replacing Plastic with Bamboo " Major Products to facilitate cautious and orderly promotion of bamboo products as substitutes for plastic products by various regions and relevant departments. The Action Plan also mandates the improvement of regulatory standards and certification systems, an increase in policy support, leveraging the role of industry associations, and ensuring comprehensive support for the development of "replacing plastic with bamboo."