Financing:
UNDP--$US530,000 Government of China $US500,000

Executing Agency:
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC)

Implementing Agency:
China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE)

Recipient:
Benxi Municipal Government, Liaoning Province

Duration:
Three years -- document signed January 1997.

Background:
Many Chinese cities suffer from very high air pollution. Levels of particulates and sulfur dioxide are often very high and acid rain is severe and widespread in China. Benxi is a highly industrialized city with high levels of air and solid waste release. Benxi covers an area of 43.2 sq. km. and is host to more than 500 enterprises. Many of the factories used outmoded technology with relatively high levels of energy and raw material consumption with respect to output. 

Objectives:
The project is designed to help reduce the social, economic and environmental impact of air pollution in Benxi by promoting Cleaner Production Technologies and by encouraging a shift in the industrial base from resource intensive, inefficient heavy industry to cleaner, lower polluting production facilities.  The project has two main objectives: 1) to identify possible production modifications and industrial restructuring options and 2) to strengthen the Municipal Capacity for Clean Technology Promotion in Benxi.

Strategy:
There are two main elements in the project's strategy: 1) to develop CP techniques and 2) to reduce Benxi's reliance on heavy industry. The project will identify a range of no-cost/low-cost and medium-cost/high-cost clean production measures that will allow municipal officials to pursue a cost-effective and environmentally sound programme of industrial transformation.  In accordance with the city's Agenda 21, the project will develop the capacity of the Municipal Government to identify appropriate clean technologies, conduct clean technology audits and promote the widespread adoption of clean production,  The project will also assist the city to shift its industrial base towards a cleaner and more environmentally friendly base.

Benxi will work within the framework of a broader national programme for air pollution control which includes activities in four other cities -- Guangshou, Xi'an, Beijing and Guiyang. A programme support project for urban air pollution management will coordinate the activities carried out by the five cities in order to create economies of scale, promote cross-fertilization, and synthesize the findings and disseminate them to all concerned cities in China.

Activities:
There have been environmental audits in four pilot factories with another 11 in progress. The completed audits show substantial environment effects and good economic returns. A Management Information System (MIS) is being planned.

Donors

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Links

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