The ministries called for all new PX projects to enter the chemical park.

China Coatings Network
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Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, ministry of environmental protection recently jointly formulated the "toluene project construction norms" will be officially implemented from October 1, 2015. This document makes it clear that the new, expanded PX project site should be located in a chemical park with complete pollution control and environmental risk prevention facilities and planned EIA.
in order to ensure the safety of the chemical industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Environmental Protection recently jointly formulated the "Prerequisites for the Construction of the Xylene Project" (hereinafter referred to as the "Code Premises") will be officially implemented on October 1, 2015.
The Preconditions of the Code point out that in order to promote the healthy development of the xylene industry, strict new project construction standards, in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the State, in accordance with the "scientific location, advanced technology, resource conservation, safety and environmental protection" of the principle of sustainable development, specially formulated the conditions of this Specification.
PX's new projects in recent years have been strongly opposed by the local public and environmentalists, so the news about PX has attracted much public attention.
The "Normative Premises" issued this time clearly state that new construction, renovation and expansion of xylene projects should be in line with the national industrial policy and the Petrochemical Industry Planning and Layout Program and other development plans, in line with relevant laws and regulations, ecological environment planning and land use planning requirements. The site of the new and expanded project shall be located in a chemical park with complete facilities for pollution control and environmental risk prevention and after planning and EIA, and the project shall comply with the relevant requirements of the planning EIA.
, the protection distance for xylene projects should comply with relevant national standards or specifications. The external safety protection distance of the device must comply with the requirements of the Individual Acceptable Risk Standard for the Production and Storage of Hazardous Chemicals and the Social Acceptable Risk Standard.
"Regulations" also made detailed provisions on the PX project's level of process technology and equipment, energy consumption and product quality, environmental protection and clean production safety fire prevention and control of occupational diseases, as well as supervision and handling.
, for example, xylene projects must comply with relevant laws, administrative regulations and national standards, industry standards required safety conditions. The safety design of the xylene project shall be strictly enforced by the new construction and expansion. Safety facilities must be designed, constructed, and put into production and use at the same time as the main project. We should carry out the standardization of safe production, improve the level of safety management, and ensure safe production.
Since the Xiamen PX incident in 2007, Dalian, Chengdu, Ningbo, Maoming and many other places have also been opposed to PX projects settled in the local "neighbor avoidance incident", in April 2015 in Fujian Gulei Peninsula PX project explosion accident once again pushed the industry to the forefront of the wind.
industry believes that the Chinese public's resistance to the PX project is an important reason for the PX industry's faltering development. In China, PX is one of the few products in China's chemical industry that is undercapacity. China's PX development lags behind the development needs of downstream industries.