<b>There were 2 chemical accidents in Jiangsu within half a month, and the coastal provinces carried out intensive chemical rectification</b>

On April 3, Jiangsu Taixing City Emergency Management Bureau notified that at 9 o'clock that night, a fire accident occurred in the wastewater storage tank of the sewage workshop of Jiangsu Zhongdan Technology Chemical Co., Ltd. As of 9:30 that night, the open fire had been extinguished, no casualties were caused by the accident, and the cause of the accident is under investigation.

This is another safety accident in a chemical plant less than half a month after the "3.21" explosion in Xiangshui, Jiangsu. Jiangsu Province is a major chemical industry province in China. According to the latest statistics from the Sinopec Federation Chemical Industry Park Working Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee"), by the end of 2017, Jiangsu Province had the most chemical industry parks in China, with 63. Followed by Shandong Province, there are 52.

In the list of "2018 China's Top 30 Chemical Industry Parks" released by the committee, there are 20 chemical industry parks located in the coastal provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong.

A reporter from The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned that after the "3.21" explosion in Xiangshui, Jiangsu, These coastal provinces have intensively carried out safety rectification actions in the chemical industry.

According to news from the Jiangsu Provincial Government Network, on March 31, Jiangsu Governor Wu Zhenglong presided over a special meeting and proposed to optimize the layout of the chemical industry. Chemical enterprises in densely populated urban areas, outside chemical parks, and below designated size should be resolutely stopped, resolutely shut down, and relocated resolutely, and strive to solve prominent problems such as "heavy chemical encirclement of the river" and "low-scattered pollution hazards" . The positioning of the chemical industry park should be more accurate, and the enterprises with high upstream and downstream connections, safety and controllability should be concentrated in the park, and closed management should be strictly implemented.

On March 23, Shandong Province proposed to carry out an emergency action to investigate and rectify potential safety hazards in hazardous chemical enterprises throughout the province. According to deployment requirements, hazardous chemicals and explosion-related dust enterprises in Shandong Province need to be led by the person in charge of the enterprise to complete self-examination and self-correction of potential safety hazards within 3 days, highlight key links, processes, parts, and sources of danger, and troubleshoot problems one by one and hidden dangers. Conduct full-coverage law enforcement inspections on explosive hazardous chemical production enterprises and explosive dust-related enterprises with more than 10 people in the workplace, and inspect them all within one week.

It is understood that there are currently 2,109 hazardous chemical production enterprises in Shandong, ranking first in the country, and 85% of them are small and medium-sized enterprises. All 16 prefecture-level cities have hazardous chemical production and operation enterprises, and more than 60,000 hazardous chemical transport vehicles drive on the roads in the province every day.

According to the Zhejiang Workers' Daily, on March 27, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment issued the "Emergency Notice of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment on Launching a Special Action for the Investigation and Rectification of Environmental Safety Hazards in Chemical Enterprises in the Province", and deployed for a period of 2 The scope of the investigation and rectification includes all chemical parks and chemical enterprises in the province, focusing on the implementation of enterprise environmental emergency management and the implementation of risk prevention measures in the park.

The reporter learned from the website of the Fujian Provincial Department of Emergency Management that on March 22, the Fujian Provincial Department of Emergency Management requested immediate investigation and management of hidden dangers in the production of hazardous chemicals in the province. Fujian Province requires comprehensive investigation and rectification of hidden dangers of hazardous chemicals, and unannounced investigations and unannounced visits to major hidden dangers, key parts, accident-prone areas and units. And increase the punishment for violations of laws and regulations of hazardous chemical enterprises, and strictly implement the measures of closure and ban, upper limit punishment, suspension of production for rectification, and investigation of legal responsibility.

Guangdong Province proposed to continue to promote the investigation and rectification of key areas such as hazardous chemicals in the province. At the same time, increase the intensity of safety law enforcement, and organize "look back", severely punish enterprises that fail to implement rectification and order them to suspend production for rectification.

On March 31, Guangdong Provincial Department of Emergency Management reported that after the "3.21" explosion in Xiangshui, Jiangsu Province, Guangdong Province carried out law enforcement inspections on 28 companies involved in similar products or similar chemical processes in the province, and found hidden dangers There were 328 issues, 3 companies were ordered to suspend production for rectification, and 8 companies suspected of illegal production and operation behaviors were investigated and dealt with.

According to "Tianjin Daily" report, on the morning of April 2, Li Hongzhong, secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, went deep into Tianjin Bohua Yongli Chemical Co., Ltd. without saying hello, and made an unannounced visit to check the rectification of potential safety hazards and the company's safety management work. In addition, Hebei also proposed to implement rectification and tackling of safety production in the chemical industry, which will last until December 2020.