Jiangsu carried out the largest scale chemical renovation in history

More than 30% (33.4%) of chemical enterprises in Jiangsu will be closed completely. In the new round of major readjustment of the chemical industry, 4 022 chemical enterprises in Jiangsu were listed in the list of renovation, accounting for 93.9% of the total chemical enterprises in the province. The 21st Century Economic Reporter learned on September 26 that the Leading Group of Jiangsu Province's Chemical Industry Safety and Environmental Protection Improvement recently issued the Notice on the Target Task of the Province's Chemical Industry Safety and Environmental Protection Improvement Work in 2019 (hereinafter referred to as "Notice"), giving the whole province's renovation plan. According to the notification, 4022 chemical enterprises were identified in Jiangsu, of which 1431 were planned to close down, 267 were suspended, 1302 were restructured within a time limit, 77 were relocated from other places and 945 were upgraded. In the year of 2019, 579 planned closures/withdrawals will be made, accounting for 40% of all closures/withdrawals, and 9 planned chemical industrial parks (concentration areas) will be closed or cancelled. It can be seen that this governance efforts are great.

According to the reporter's understanding, Jiangsu now has 50 registered chemical parks (concentration areas) and 4280 chemical enterprises, which accounted for 18% of the provincial chemical parks and 93.9% of the chemical enterprises. In other words, more than 30% (33.4%) of chemical enterprises in Jiangsu will be completely closed. More than 4000 chemical plants in Jiangsu rank first in the country in terms of overall manufacturing capacity, equipment level and technical and economic level. They can produce more than 20 kinds of products with more than 30,000 varieties and specifications. The production technology and scale of more than 20 main products have reached the leading level in China. However, the proportion of enterprises under the scale of chemical industry is as high as 38.3%, and the industrial organization structure needs to be improved. From the list of chemical enterprises listed, there are 2160 in southern Jiangsu, accounting for 53.7%; 960 in central Jiangsu, accounting for 23.8%; and 902 in northern Jiangsu, accounting for 22.4%. Among them, Wuxi has the largest number of 828, and Suqian has the smallest number of 83. In addition, there are 617 in Suzhou, 472 in Nantong, 412 in Changzhou and 306 in Yangzhou. There are 23 chemical parks (concentrated areas) in southern Jiangsu, 10 in southern Jiangsu and 17 in northern Jiangsu; 2 in Nantong and 2 in Yancheng, 1 in Wuxi, Suzhou, Huaian, Zhenjiang and 1 in Suqian. The Chenjiagang Chemical Concentration Zone, the site of the "3-21" explosion, was declared completely closed in the first quarter of 2019. The concentration of chemical industry has risen sharply. For the parks and enterprises listed in the scope of renovation, Jiangsu adopts the idea of "one garden one policy" and "one enterprise one policy".

"Generally speaking, we are breaking down the retreat of chemical industry, but we are continuing to invest in the finances of investors." Some local government officials told reporters of economic reports in the 21st century. Under the guidance of local government industrial policy, many investors have "changed their profession" or quit to become shareholders of other leading chemical enterprises. The above-mentioned plan proposes that follow-up disposal work such as resettlement of employees, clearing of raw materials, products and equipment, and soil remediation should be done well to prevent and resolve risk contradictions and ensure the completion of closure and withdrawal on schedule and social stability. After the closure and withdrawal are completed, the municipal governments of each district shall timely check and accept the closure and withdrawal. The acceptance criteria and methods shall be formulated and issued by the provincial government office. For the park, the whole process should be stable, safe and stable. For enterprises relocating from other places, they should first close down the original production facilities in the exited areas and report the follow-up disposal work. According to the 21st Century Economic Reporter, it invests no less than 1 billion yuan in a single new project in a new location. Even in some counties near the Yangtze River, some of the chemical parks closed or cancelled their locations even withdrew from industrial functional land, and chose to build public space so that the resources along the Yangtze River coastline could be "returned" to the cities and residents.

So, what effect will such a vigorous rectification bring? Reporters recently interviewed the national petrochemical industry base in Xuwei New District, Jiangsu Province, and found that Shenghong Refining and Chemical Integration Project, with a total investment of about 77.5 billion yuan and an annual output of 16 million tons, is carrying out large-scale construction in full swing. This project is the largest single-subject investment project in Jiangsu in recent years, with 4 domestic banks providing group loans. Among them, the investment in safety and environmental protection is 11.6 billion yuan, accounting for 15% of the total investment, which is far beyond the industry level. According to the special emission limit requirements of the Yangtze River Delta region, a recycling device for three wastes has been built to realize the circular economy model among industries. In fact, many monomer products in this project not only lead the world and cover 100% of the differentiated products in the market, but also solve the problem that upstream raw materials depend on imports, alleviate the shortage of intermediate raw materials, and play a positive role in the whole petrochemical industry towards intensive, integrated and high-end. For local governments, in chemical industry agglomeration, super-large projects replace the original "small, scattered, chaotic". Many factors of production are gathered to the greatest extent, and environmental constraints are brought into full play. It is estimated that the annual output value will be about 120 billion yuan and the profit and tax will exceed 20 billion yuan after it is completed and put into operation in 2021. Sun Guochen, chief engineer of Shenghong Refinery and Chemical Industry, told reporters that from the perspective of petrochemical industry, the integrated refining and chemical project has realized the whole industrial chain layout from downstream chemical fibers to upstream petroleum refining. Miu Hangen, chairman of the board of directors, believes that the leading role of the integration project is gathering and driving.