Promotion of International Pollution Prevention Technology in China

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US Environmental Protection Agency

World Bank

UNEP

Project Update

Project summary provided by China National Cleaner Production Center:

SINO-US CP Cooperation Project

From 1995 to 1997, funded by the JGF grants environmental protection provided by the World Bank, China National Cleaner Production Center (CNCPC) cooperated with Illinois EPA of the U.S.A and undertook the JGF successive project - Promoting Cleaner Production in Petrochemical, Metal Finishing and Pharmaceutical Industries.

1. Study Contents

This JGF successive project selected 6 typical enterprises in petrochemical, metal finishing and pharmaceutical industries, identified the demand for CP/P2 technology through CP audit, and determined American demonstration technologies to be employed in the selected enterprise. The aim is to investigate CP technology market in the above industries and seek opportunities to introduce CP technology into China.

The main study contents include as follows:

(1) Training on CP technology and CP audit methodology;

(2) CP auditing in demonstration enterprises and expert assessment;

(3) Screening of sectoral typical CP technologies and determination of demonstration enterprises to adopt the technologies.

2. Main Achievements

The main achievements gained in this project are shown as follows:

• Various kinds of CP training at different levels have been delivered with more than 700 trainees participated in;

• Through CP audit, 128 CP options have been generated by the 6 demonstration enterprises in the 3 sectors, and 57 have been implemented with an overall input of RMB 5.36 million yuan, which results in an economic benefit of RMB 9.75 million yuan and obvious environmental benefit. For example, waste water was reduced by 144,479 t/a, COD by 452.09 t/a and S0₂ by 461 t/a;

• 44 sectoral typical CP technologies were obtained, including 15 in petrochemical (refinery) industry, 15 in pharmaceutical industry and 14 in metal finishing industry;

• CP/P2 Guidances of American Petrochemical (Refinery), Metal Finishing and Pharmaceutical Industries were translated into Chinese and distributed in the 3 industries;

• Sectoral CP incentive mechanism was preliminarily studies and framework recommendations proposed to further promote CP.

Policy and Managerial Advice on Cleaner Production

Assessment on Cleaner Production Enterprise

• Feasibility analysis on the assessment system of Cleaner Production Enterprise

• Institutional design for the assessment system of Cleaner Production Enterprise

• Managerial method design for the assessment system of Cleaner Production Enterprise

• Procedure design for the assessment system of Cleaner Production Enterprise

Institutional Construction for Cleaner Production

• Feasibility analysis

• Business planning (operational planning for the institution)

• Design of financial incentive system

CP Rules and Regulations

• Increase in levy fees

• Environmental reporting by enterprises

• Discharge Permits with CP component

• Mandatory CP training for enterprise managers

• EIA procedures with an embedded CP analysis

Economic Policies

• Soft loans

• Grants

• Return of partial discharge levy fees to enterprises for CP audit

• Price rise in energy and raw materials

• Governmental subsidy

• CP revolving funds

• Preferential customs duty for import of clean technologies

• Preferential tax for enterprises that did a CP audit

(The above update is from a CNCPC document 'Introduction to China National Cleaner Production Center,' publication date not stated but probably 2000.)

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