From March to June in 2021, PECC will conduct on-site environmental research on 14 chemical industrial parks identified by the Jiangsu provincial government, including 4 along the coast and 10 along the river, namely Lianyungang (Lianyungang Petrochemical Industry Base), Yancheng (Dafeng Port Petrochemical New Material Industrial Park, Coastal Industrial Park in Jiangsu Binhai Economic and Technology Development Zone), Nantong ( Yangkou Chemical Industrial Park in Rudong County, Nantong, Chemical Industrial Park in Nantong Economic and Technology Development Zone), Taizhou (Taixing Economic and Technology Development Zone), Yangzhou (Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Park), Nanjing ( Nanjing Jiangbei New Material Science and Technology Park), Zhenjiang (New Material Science and Technology Park in Zhenjiang New Area), Changzhou (Changzhou Binjiang Chemical Industrial Park), Jiangyin (Jiangyin Port-surrounding Chemical Industrial Park), Suzhou (Jiangsu Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu High-tech Fluorine Chemical Industrial Park, Chemical Industrial Park in Taicang Port Economic and Technological Development Zone).

In this field investigation,PECC took more than 3 months to initially complete the field environmental investigation of the 14 chemical parks identified in Jiangsu with the help of high-tech means, new perspectives and innovative working methods. And so far we have submitted 14 environmental research reports to the local ecology and environment departments. PECC works with the concept of finding problems in order to better solve them, and maintains close cooperation with local ecology and environment departments with the concept of synergy and shared governance, especially providing assistance in the identification and prediction of environmental risks to the ecology and environment department where the chemical park is located.

In this field research on 14 chemical parks in Jiangsu Province, PECC formed friendly cooperation with local ecology and environment departments, and submitted on-site environmental research reports and videos to them with new perspectives and new dimensions of work, so that they can timely identify the environmental risks of enterprises in local chemical parks, strengthen supervision and avoid environmental and safety accidents in chemical parks, and truly give full play to the administrative functions of the ecology and environment departments in service in supervision and supervision in service. In this field research report, PECC interpreted the environmental risk issues found in each picture, screened the environmental on-site and control risks of chemical enterprises, helped chemical enterprises to improve environmental on-site management capabilities, avoid the violations of laws and environmental and safety accidents led by the lack of on-site management, remind chemical enterprises to fulfill the main responsibility of environmental governance, regulate chemical enterprises to improve the level of environmental on-site management, to promote the sustainable development of green enterprises, thus truly reflecting the role of PECC in the supervision of services, and supervision in the service.

After PECC issued 14 research reports, several management committees of the chemical industrial parks and ecology and environment departments came to PECC to actively connect and communicate with the environmental problems mentioned in the research reports.

Following the official document responses received from Changzhou Ecology and Environment Bureau and Changzhou High-tech Zone (Xinbei) Ecology and Environment Bureau on August 10th and 13th, 2021 respectively (A Pragmatic and Exemplary Reply/ Changzhou High-tech Zone (Xinbei) Ecology and Environment Bureau), on August 31, 2021, Qian Weizhong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group, Deputy Director and Director of the Law Enforcement Bureau of Changzhou High-tech Zone (Xinbei) Ecology and Environment Bureau; Shan Zhengzhong, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Changzhou Binjiang Economic and Technology Development Zone; and Fang Hua, Deputy Director of the Law Enforcement Bureau, visited PECC to communicate with us regarding the report submitted by PECC earlier.

Qian Weizhong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group, Deputy Director and Director of the Law Enforcement Bureau of Changzhou High-tech Zone (Xinbei) Ecology and Environment Bureau, first expressed his gratitude to PECC for the supervision and attention to the park and for providing professional environmental research reports. After receiving the report, the relevant departments immediately set up a special team to investigate and verify, and required the enterprises to rectify the problems found, and registered penalties for serious cases. Urge enterprises to fulfill environmental responsibility, and strive to create a “odor-free park”.

Deputy Director of the Law Enforcement Bureau of Changzhou High-tech Zone (Xinbei) Ecology and Environment Bureau, Fang Hua, introduced that there are 24 sites and 21 companies involved in the research report, including 15 chemical companies; the problems reflected in the report are basically true. There are some problems such as lack of on-site environmental management, low pollution prevention and control level, and non-standard management of hazardous waste in some enterprises. In response to existing problems, they will further require enterprises to implement the main responsibility for the environment and increase investment in environmental protection; use modern scientific and technological means (sky eyes, drones, etc.) to manage and actively guide and help enterprises, and do a good job in the publicity of environmental protection publicity.

Shan Zhengzhong, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Changzhou Binjiang Economic and Technology Development Zone, introduced that the supervision means of PECC also provided a new idea for the management of the park, with a new perspective to look at the environmental problems and potential risks existing in enterprises. At present, the park is accelerating environmental remediation and industrial transformation and upgrading to develop in the direction of refinement.

PECC always adheres to the principle of “we eliminate pollution, but not to eliminate polluting enterprises, instead to nudge polluting enterprises for elevated pollution control”. Through long-term observation and attention to the environmental performance of 14 chemical parks in Jiangsu Province, we hope to strengthen cooperation with local ecology and environment departments and jointly promote the high-quality and sustainable development of each chemical park.