Cangzhou Bohai New Area: Green Chemical Technology from Running to Leading

In the golden autumn, the reporter walked into the production workshop of Hebei Kangzhuang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. and found that there was neither the sound of machinery nor the presence of workers, nor the stacked raw materials and process products. Only the data on the screen of the monitoring room constantly jumped, indicating that production was proceeding.

Reporter then observed carefully, and found that all raw materials, process products and finished products were operated in closed pipelines according to the established procedures, and the sewage produced by enterprises was also transported to the wastewater treatment plant in the park through special pipelines, which could be discharged only after the unified treatment met the standards. The ammonia gas produced in the production process has also been fully recovered and utilized through technical transformation.

"This is due to the construction of R&D centers of enterprises, which not only sell well in China and open up markets in Europe and the United States, but also realize the recycling of wastewater, waste residue and waste gas, with good economic benefits." Wu Yunchen, head of the company, said that at present, the company is relying on chemical R&D centers to accelerate the development of new products. This is a microcosm of the green development of chemical industry enterprises in the port-vicinity Economic Development Zone of Cangzhou Bohai New Area relying on science and technology.

In recent years, Bohai New Area has continuously increased investment in scientific and technological research and development and environmental protection, supported all industrial enterprises in the region to establish chemical and chemical research and development centers, which will achieve full coverage by 2022, and promoted the luxurious turnaround of green chemical industry technology from "follow-up" to "run-in" and then to "lead-in".

Chemical industry is the basic industry of the national economy. As early as 2003, Cangzhou established the first chemical industry park in China, the port-vicinity economic and Technological Development zone. Over the years, the local green technology-oriented industry has forced the development of new fine chemical industries and new formats, and actively expanded cooperation with universities to overcome the bottlenecks of environmental protection technology and improve the content of project science and technology.

< p> In 2018, Nankai University-Cangzhou Bohai New Area Green Chemical Research Institute was established in Bohai New Area, dedicated to building the "technical director" of the green development of chemical enterprises in the area. The Research Institute is co-constructed by Cangzhou Bohai New Area Port-vicinity Economic Development Zone and Nankai University with a total investment of 158 million yuan. Its main construction includes multi-functional chemical test platform, analysis and detection platform, comprehensive office area and achievement exhibition hall, etc. Relying on the superior disciplines of Nankai University, the Academy will build more than 10 branches and institutes of chemical engineering, materials, biomedicine and environmental protection. It will carry out horizontal scientific research in the areas of technological innovation service, personnel training and transformation of scientific and technological achievements, focusing on the existing industry and future development direction of the development zone, so as to provide enterprises with research and development from R&D to industry. All-round service. The construction of Green Chemical Research Institute attracts a large number of high-end talents, and realizes the strategic emerging industries clustering and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in key disciplines.

In order to better promote green development of Park enterprises, Cangzhou Lingang Economic and Technological Development Zone proposes to establish chemical and chemical R&D centers for all industrial enterprises in the region, relying on the soon-to-be-operational Green Chemical Research Institute, focusing on serving the needs of innovation and development in the field of chemical industry, and guiding enterprises, universities and departments. Research institutes cooperate to provide scientific research services such as pilot scale-up, and become "accelerators" to promote the development of enterprises. In 2019, Lingang Economic and Technological Development Zone ranked 11th in China's chemical industry parks, up 3 places from 2018, and ranked the top 20 in China's chemical industry parks for seven consecutive years. It is also the only chemical industry park in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei that has won this honor.