Jiangsu Coastal Chemical Park may shut down projects such as dye intermediates

"Global Coatings Network News"

The "Discussion Draft of Jiangsu Provincial People's Government on the Implementation of the "141" Environmental Treatment Project in Coastal Chemical Parks" widely circulated on the Internet in the past two days has caused an uproar in the dye and pesticide industries.

At the same time, companies report that some companies have achieved a relatively high level of environmental protection and safety through large investments and upgrades.

The company also said that, in any case, strict environmental protection supervision is the general trend.

Subei may shut down the intermediate project

A message was widely reprinted online in the past two days: "The Discussion Draft of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province on the Implementation of the "141" Environmental Treatment Project in Coastal Chemical Parks" shows that pharmaceuticals, pesticides and dyes in the chemical parks of Lianyungang, Yancheng, and Nantong in coastal cities Intermediate projects are included in the two categories of "prohibited, no approval for approval" and "eliminated, and projects that have been built must be shut down within a time limit.
" The reporter asked relevant business people for verification, and they said that this happened.

Business people said that if the content of the online discussion draft becomes a reality, not only will the Jiangsu Coastal Chemical Industry Park no longer be able to build new dye and pesticide (medicine) intermediate projects, but existing dye and pesticide (medicine) intermediate companies will also be Shut down.
In particular, the dye and pesticide (pharmaceutical) intermediate companies in Lianyungang and Yancheng three major chemical parks that are suspending production for rectification will have no hope of resuming production.

According to industry insiders, if the opinion is passed, the domestic dye (dye intermediate) industry may cause a huge shock.
Runtu shares and Jihua Group's H acid plant in Jiangsu may be closed.
Yabang shares, Haixiang Pharmaceutical, and other dye production companies in Jiangsu Wuzhong will also face considerable pressure to rectify.
The production bases of the latter three in northern Jiangsu are currently being suspended for rectification.

Analysts believe that after three years of supply-side reshuffle in the dye industry, small production capacity has gradually cleared up.
Under the high pressure of environmental protection, the supply of the industry will be further reduced, and the demand side will rise steadily.
Pharmaceutical and pesticide related companies are also expected to be greatly affected.
 

Prior to this, pollution incidents in Jiangsu coastal chemical parks were repeatedly exposed by CCTV, especially Lianyungang "Two Irrigation Park Pollution" caused widespread public concern.
In view of the serious damage to the ecological environment in Binhai County, Dafeng District, Xiangshui County of Yancheng City, Guanyun County, Guannan County of Lianyungang City, and Dainan Town of Xinghua City, since late April, the Environmental Protection Department of Jiangsu Province has successively A half-year regional approval limit will be implemented for the above 6 areas involved.
During the limited approval period, the approval of environmental impact assessment documents for all construction projects except for environmental protection infrastructure projects and people's livelihood projects will be suspended.

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Or it will affect the global supply of pesticides 

Li Zhonghua, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of China Pesticide Industry Association: Some multinational companies in the pesticide industry also have production bases in Jiangsu Province, and certain types of pesticide products are only produced in China and supplied to the global market.
If such pesticides are subject to production restrictions , Will directly affect global supply.
 

In order to promote environmental protection, the state can impose or even higher requirements on corporate environmental protection, and give compliant companies and companies that can be reached through hard work an opportunity to shut down all companies that fail to meet the requirements.
But it is not advisable not to set a standard "one size fits all".
 

People often say that fruits and vegetables without pesticides are safe, but this statement is not accurate.
Take the potato as an example.
When it encounters beetle damage, if pesticides are not applied in time, the potato itself will produce an immune emergency response and secrete a toxin to kill the beetle.
This toxin is also harmful to the human body.
 

Ecological environment construction should be combined with dredging and blocking

Chen Xiaoyong, Chairman of Jiangsu Jihua Chemical Co.
, Ltd.
: Ecological environment construction should be combined with dredging and blocking.
The administrative department must not only strictly enforce the law, but also guide and support the promotion of cleaner production technology and environmental protection technology through vigorous policies.
 

For example, Jiangsu Jihua Dyestuff Intermediates are all supporting the production of commercial dyestuffs.
Some of the H acid products are sold externally, with an annual production capacity of 20,000 tons.
It is a full-process automated and continuous production device, leading domestically and internationally (the only one in the world).
In the H acid continuous production plant in operation), the "three wastes" emissions are one-fourth of the old process, representing the highest level of the international H acid plant.
 

Improving the environmental protection level of the dye industry should be guided by policies.
All provinces, municipalities, and districts have the same law enforcement standards, so that enterprises with innovative spirit and environmental protection investment can compete and develop in a reciprocal environment, and resolutely eliminate small, scattered, and disorderly enterprises, and avoid bad currencies.
Drive out the phenomenon of good money, encourage technological innovation of enterprises, support enterprises to apply new technologies and technological innovations, and cultivate a number of industry demonstration enterprises (projects) to ensure the healthy and orderly development of the dye industry.
 

Industry opinions should be listened to when policies are introduced

Zhou Duogang, deputy general manager of Jiangsu Yabang Dyestuff Co.
, Ltd.
: The government should support enterprises that meet the national emission standards and impose sanctions on small, scattered, and disorderly enterprises.
The two types of enterprises should be treated differently.
 

In addition, the discussion draft is not clear about the definition of the dye intermediate project.
Here, does the project refer to the project for the production of intermediates alone, or does it include those for the enterprise's own use? Yabang's intermediate project is mainly for its own use in disperse dyes, vat dye intermediates, mainly anthraquinones.
As part of the dye intermediate projects in Lianyungang, Yancheng, and Nantong are used in their own industrial chain, if the discussion draft is passed, the output of dye intermediate projects in other regions will not be able to make up for the supply losses that have been cut off in these three places.
 

So far, no company has participated in the discussion of this opinion, and no company’s opinions have been solicited in the early stage.
Companies are now passive and fearful.
It is hoped that the government can give enterprises some opportunities to express themselves when formulating policies and measures.

Safety and environmental protection can also be world-class

Duan Xiaoning, Chairman of Jiangsu Dipu Technology Co.
, Ltd.
: The construction of ecological civilization is not the responsibility of a certain area or industry, everyone has an obligation.
The drive-out migration of polluting companies is itself an abnormal development.
In order to build a healthy and orderly market and environment, and enable the sound development of high-quality companies that comply with the law, the same standards and requirements must be the prerequisite.
 

The related dye intermediate produced by Dipu Technology in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province is 2,4-Dinitrochlorobenzene, which has a production capacity of 80,000 tons/year, and has a dominant position in the industry, accounting for approximately 70% of the market share.
The production process of this product adopts serial countercurrent continuous nitrification technology.
It is the first chlorobenzene full-process continuous nitrification production line in China, and it is also the only domestic 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene production line for continuous nitrification of technology promoted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period.
The first among the global sulfur dye companies to achieve cleaner production.

Pesticides and dyes, the Chinese can change from relying on imports to the world’s production of pesticides and dyes, and they will certainly be able to do a good job in safety and environmental protection.
Products can be world-class, and safety and environmental protection must be world-class.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment explicitly prohibits environmental protection "one size fits all" behavior

A reporter from China Chemical Industry News recently learned from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment that in order to implement Jinping’s thoughts on ecological civilization and the spirit of the National Ecological Environment Protection Conference, according to the approval of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Central Environmental Protection Supervision Team will soon be stationed in Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Henan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Ningxia and other 10 provinces (regions) carried out a "review" of the first round of central environmental protection inspection rectification, and carried out special inspections in key areas for fighting pollution prevention and control.
In order to prevent some localities from indiscriminately implementing centralized suspension of work and production during the inspection period, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has specially studied and formulated the "Prohibition of Environmental Protection "One Size" Work Opinions (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").
The central environmental protection inspection teams coordinated with the local party committees and governments under inspection to implement them.

The "Opinions" pointed out that during the period of the inspector’s stationing, the supervised area should establish a mechanism as required, implement reforms, supervise and reform, and effectively solve the people’s ecological environment complaints and visits, and earnestly promote the outstanding ecological environment problems to be investigated and dealt with, rectified, and accountable.
In place.
In the rectification work, it is necessary to formulate feasible plans, adhere to laws and regulations, strengthen policy support, focus on overall planning, strictly prohibit perfunctory responses such as "all shutdowns", "stop first, then say", and resolutely avoid simple and crude behaviors such as centralized shutdowns and production shutdowns.

The "Opinions" clarified that for engineering construction, life service industries, aquaculture, local characteristic industries, industrial parks and enterprises, sand quarrying and mining, urban management and other industries or fields that are prone to environmental protection "one size fits all", the reforms should be implemented while monitoring.
We must carefully study, make overall plans, and implement policies in different categories.
Those who have legal formalities and meet environmental protection requirements shall not take rectification measures for centralized suspension of work, production and business; for those who have legal formalities but fail to meet the environmental protection requirements, targeted rectification measures shall be taken according to specific issues; for those who do not have legal formalities, and Those that fail to meet the requirements of environmental protection should be strictly rectified in accordance with the law, especially those "scattered and polluted" enterprises that need to suspend production for rectification, resolutely suspend production for rectification.
Regarding the environmental complaints and visits of the masses during the inspection period, we must not only promote the rectification of the problem, but also pay attention to policy guidance, and try to avoid adverse effects on the production and life of the masses in the rectification work.

The "Opinions" emphasized that the central environmental protection inspector's supervision and reform is not only a favorable opportunity to speed up the resolution of environmental problems around the masses, but also an effective measure to transmit environmental protection pressure and compact work responsibilities.
The supervised locality should not only borrow the power, strictly enforce the law, and speed up rectification and reform; it must also adapt measures to local conditions, classify and guide, and proceed in an orderly manner.
When specifically addressing environmental issues reported by the masses, sufficient time should be given to the units and personnel directly responsible for investigating and punishing the rectification work, and it is forbidden to overweight at all levels and avoid speed-ups at all levels.

The "Opinions" require that the supervised local party committee and government should put forward specific and clear requirements on the prohibition of "one size fits all" behaviors in environmental protection from the height of strengthening the construction of politics and work >The Central Environmental Protection Supervision Group will also include environmental protection as a typical problem of formalism and bureaucracy in the field of ecological environment into the scope of supervision.
If the problem is serious and has a bad impact, it will strictly implement the supervision and accountability.