The Development and Reform Commission wants to expand the pilot range of ethanol gasoline. China has become the third largest producer after Brazil and the United States.

According to the news released by the National Development and Reform Commission website on the 17th, after a period of trials, the National Development and Reform Commission has decided to report to the State Council on the "Report on the Assessment of the Ethanol Gasoline Pilot Work of Vehicles and the Next Step of the Development of the Biofuel Ethanol Industry". At the pilot meeting of the Ethanol Gasoline Pilot Project held recently by the Development and Reform Commission's Industry Division, delegates suggested that cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin be included in the next promotion to increase the proportion of biomass energy applications.

In February 2004, with the approval of the State Council, pilot trials were conducted to expand ethanol ethanol for vehicles in five provinces in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Henan, and Anhui, and in 27 cities in Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Hubei. At present, the above-mentioned provinces and regions have completed pilot tasks to achieve an annual blending capacity of 10.2 million tons of bioethanol gasoline. The consumption of bioethanol gasoline has accounted for 20% of the country's gasoline consumption. The NDRC's assessment of this biomass energy is: economic, clean and sustainable development.

The assessment representative analyzed that the “Eleventh Five-Year” biofuel ethanol production scale, if taken into account in the gasoline market capacity of 10%, is not much 6 million tons/year. From the perspective of the country's total grain output, the development of 6 million tons/year biofuel ethanol will not affect the national food security.

The pilot shows that bioethanol gasoline, as a new type of biofuel, is currently the focus of renewable energy development in the world and is fully applicable in China. Compared with ordinary unleaded gasoline, bioethanol gasoline improves the performance and quality of oil products and is technically mature, safe and reliable. At the same time, industrial development has greater social, economic and environmental benefits. At present, China has become the third largest biofuel ethanol producer in the world after Brazil and the United States.

According to another understanding, according to the special plan for the development of biofuel ethanol during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, the state approved the construction of four pilot projects for biofuel ethanol production. Up to now, an annual production capacity of 1.02 million tons has been formed, including 100,000 tons/year of Heilongjiang China Resources Alcohol Co., Ltd., 300,000 tons/year of Jilin Fuel Ethanol Co., Ltd., 300,000 tons/year of Henan Tianguan Fuel Ethanol Co., Ltd. and Anhui Feng Original Chemical Co., Ltd. 320,000 tons/year. The above four companies have cumulatively produced more than 1.2 million tons of ethanol for biofuels.