Abstract: The commitment of carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality goals has set higher requirements for the low-carbon development of China’s refining and petrochemical industry. The following challenges for development of refining and petrochemical industry are analyzed. Because the overall capacity of refining and petrochemical industry is still expanding, the pressure of carbon emission reduction continues to increase. With the increasing difficulty of energy saving and carbon reduction in refining and petrochemical industry, it is urgent to strengthen innovative emission reduction measures. Furthermore, in view of the challenges and problems faced by the refining and petrochemical industry, the countermeasures and suggestions are put forward , such as capacity control and optimization, adjustment of industry structure and energy structure, promoting the research and development of key low-carbon technologies and forward-looking technologies, etc.

Key words: refining and petrochemical industry, targets of carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality, transformation development, countermeasures