The reporter recently learned from the National Development and Reform Commission that in 2024, the "two new" policies (i.e. large-scale equipment updates and consumer goods trade in) will drive a year-on-year increase of 15.7% in investment in equipment and tools purchases, contributing 67.6% to the overall investment growth; Drive the sales of bulk durable consumer goods to exceed 1.3 trillion yuan; The formation of energy savings of about 28 million tons of standard coal and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by about 73 million tons have played an important role in expanding effective investment, boosting consumer demand, promoting green transformation, and improving social livelihoods. Judging from the fact that the equipment renewal action has effectively boosted investment growth, the relevant departments have allocated 150 billion yuan of ultra long-term special treasury bond funds to support more than 4600 equipment renewal projects in industries, energy consumption, transportation, old elevators and other fields. Among them, 556000, 72000, and 950000 old operational trucks, new energy buses and power batteries, and old agricultural machinery will be supported for scrapping and updating, respectively. 41000 old elevators in residential areas will be supported for updating, and 268000 sets of equipment in education, culture, tourism, and medical fields will be supported for updating. According to statistics, driven by treasury bond funds and other comprehensive policies, the total number of equipment updates in key areas nationwide will exceed 20 million units (sets) in 2024. The action of exchanging old for new consumer goods effectively stimulates consumer vitality. The relevant departments directly allocated 150 billion yuan of ultra long term special treasury bond funds to local governments to support the trade in of consumer goods, driving the sales of cars, household appliances, home decoration, electric bicycles, etc. to more than 1.3 trillion yuan. The total retail sales of consumer goods in the whole year increased by 3.5% year on year. Among them, over 6.8 million cars were exchanged for new ones, driving car sales to 920 billion yuan. In terms of household appliances, over 37 million consumers purchased more than 62 million units of eight major categories of household appliances, with sales reaching 270 billion yuan. At the same time, recycling and reuse actions effectively improve resource utilization efficiency. By 2024, the number of newly added intelligent community recycling facilities in China will reach over 11000; The amount of scrapped motor vehicles recovered reached 8.46 million, a year-on-year increase of 64%; The amount of recycled waste household appliances exceeds 630000 tons. In addition, the standard improvement action effectively plays a leading role. 294 key core national standards will be formulated and revised in the "two new" fields in 2024 and 2025, and 168 have been released so far. Among them, in terms of equipment updates, 81 national standards have been introduced, including energy consumption limits, equipment energy efficiency, pollutants, and carbon emissions; In terms of exchanging old for new consumer goods, 49 national standards have been released for household appliances, furniture, automobiles, kitchen and bathroom appliances, etc; In terms of recycling and reuse, 38 national standards have been issued to support the efficient recycling of waste vehicle power batteries, waste electrical and electronic products, and retired photovoltaic modules. (New Society)