Recently, national leaders chaired an executive meeting of the State Council to listen to the investigation report on the “3·21” extremely large explosion accident of Jiangsu Xiangshui Tianjiayi Chemical Industry and the briefing on the accountability review and investigation work, and deployed measures on production safety, especially hazardous chemicals. Carry out special rectification on issues such as product production management.
Then, the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee held a meeting to convey and study the spirit of the Party Central Committee and the State Council’s decision on handling the “3·21” extremely major explosion accident of Xiangshui Tianjiayi Chemical Co., Ltd., and study and implement the opinions.
It is understood that half a year has passed since the “3.21” extremely serious hazardous chemicals accident in Xiangshui, Jiangsu It took a long time, but the impact of the accident is far from over. In addition to having a huge impact on local chemical companies and parks, it is also a negative lesson for all parts of the country.
Subsequently, many major chemical provinces such as Shandong, Jiangsu, and Guangdong also issued documents one after another. Based on local conditions, they reduced the number of chemical industrial parks and enterprises, park management and chemical industry Detailed requirements and specifications have been made for the rectification and improvement of the industry.
Jiangsu Province is a major chemical industry province in my country. The annual revenue of the chemical industry exceeds 2 trillion yuan, ranking second in the country. There are more than 6,000 chemical companies and 53 chemical industry parks in the province. . According to the requirements of Jiangsu’s “Jiangsu Province Chemical Industry Safety and Environmental Protection Improvement Plan” (Draft for Comments), the number of chemical production companies in Jiangsu Province will be reduced to 2,000 by the end of 2020, and by 2022, the number of chemical production companies in the province will not exceed 1,000 In other words, in the past two years, more than 5,000 chemical companies will be closed.
Shandong Province
In addition, another major chemical industry province, Shandong, has also adopted certain measures. measures. It is understood that in mid-2019, Zaozhuang, Qingdao, Dezhou, Tai’an, Zibo and other regions released lists of companies to be shut down. According to incomplete statistics, the number of companies to be shut down in some areas of Shandong Province reached about 122.
Regional distribution of enterprises planned to be closed down in Shandong Province:
Hubei Province
The Hubei Province Yanjiang Chemical Enterprises Special Campaign Headquarters issued the “Notice on Printing and Distributing the Task List for the Customs Reform and Relocation of Yanjiang Chemical Enterprises in Hubei Province”, involving 478 chemical companies. Among them, there are as many as 118 chemical companies within one kilometer of the river. By the end of 2020, the province will have completed the transformation of 345 enterprises, accounting for 72% of the total number, and by the end of 2025, it will have completed the transformation of 133 remaining enterprises.
Hebei Province
“Hebei Province Chemical Industry Safety Production Improvement The Action Plan proposes that from March 2019 to December 2020, the province’s chemical industry and park safety production will be improved and transformed, the automation and informatization level of the chemical industry will be enhanced, and it is proposed to realize “mechanized replacement of key dangerous positions” , Automation and Reduction of People” goal. At the same time, it is reiterated that the relocation and transformation of enterprises included in the list must be completed on time, and all closures included in the shutdown list must be in place.
Guangdong Province
Hazardous Chemicals Enterprise Relocation and Renovation Plan No. 1 Enterprise One policy is that by 2025, existing hazardous chemical production enterprises that do not comply with safety and health protection distances in densely populated urban areas will be renovated on-site to meet standards and relocated into standardized chemical industrial parks (referring to local government planning for the production and storage of hazardous chemicals). areas, including high-tech development zones, economic and technological development zones, industrial transfer parks, and specialized chemical parks, the same below) or closed and exited.
Small and medium-sized enterprises and large enterprises with major hidden risks will all start relocation and transformation before the end of 2018 and complete it before the end of 2020.
Other large and extra-large enterprises will all start relocation and transformation before the end of 2020 and complete it before the end of 2025.
Henan Province
According to the “Regulations on Promoting the Relocation and Renovation of Heavy-Polluting Industrial Enterprises in Urban Built-up Areas” According to the requirements of the “Guiding Opinions” (referred to as the “Opinions”), at the end of 2019, the relocation and transformation of existing chemical, coking, carbon and other heavy-polluting enterprises in the built-up areas of local cities will be launched. Before the end of 2022, heavily polluting enterprises such as chemicals in urban built-up areas in Henan Province will complete on-site renovation, move out of the city into parks, transform and convert, or close down and exit tasks. The level of green development of enterprises will be greatly improved, and the quality of the urban atmospheric environment will be significantly improved.
Gansu Province
Gansu Province prohibits non-compliance with safety and health protection Hazardous chemical production enterprises that meet distance requirements must be renovated on-site to meet the standards, relocated to standardized industrial (chemical) parks, or closed and exited. It will be completed before the end of 2020; other large and extra-large enterprises will all start relocation and transformation before the end of 2020 and complete it before the end of September 2025.
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
In early 2019, the People’s Government of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province The General Office of the People’s Republic of China issued the “Notice on Issuing the Plan for Completing the Atmospheric Environment Quality Standards in Hangzhou within a Time Limit”. The notice detailedly planned the task list for VOCs pollution control in multiple key VOCs industries and different regions and featured industries, and made detailed timetables for the closure and synthesis, in-depth rectification, and improvement of many enterprises.
According to incomplete statistics, by the end of 2020, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Hubei, Shandong and other places are planning to The number of chemical companies that have been shut down may reach tens of thousands.
Not long ago, the person in charge of some companies also publicly stated: Green waters and lush mountains do not mean shutting down the real economy. Under normal circumstances, we use technology to achieve green waters and green mountains. But judging from the current situation, the elimination of backward production capacity in the chemical industry will continue.</p
