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Chemical project to be relocated
By Li Xinran |
January 14, 2009, Wednesday
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CHINA'S environment ministry has approved the relocation of a 14-billion-yuan (US$204.8 million) chemical plant project in east China nearly two years after it was halted following a public outcry over possible pollution and health hazards.
The Tenglong Aromatic PX Co Ltd project to produce the petrochemical paraxylene is expected to be moved to Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, from its former site in Fujian's Xiamen, according to Xinhua news agency.
Zhangzhou is across the sea from Xiamen and the new site will be surrounded by a 20-kilometer-wide isolation belt.
Xiamen introduced the project in 2006 to boost its economy, but the city government halted construction on May 30, 2007.
The project was said to comply with China's environmental regulations, but the former site - Haicang District - had been planned as a residential area.
There was strong opposition from 105 top political advisers during China's annual parliamentary session in March 2007.
Led by Zhao Yufen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor at Xiamen University, the advisors all signed a proposal to move the project out of Xiamen.
Tenglong Co later filed a suit against Zhao and a colleague at Xiamen University, Professor Yuan Dongxing, seeking 2.5 million yuan in compensation.
That case has been referred to a Xiamen court but there has been no progress reported.
The Xiamen government completed an environmental evaluation of the project on December 5, 2007, and invited 106 local residents to discuss the future of the project in accordance with the law.
More than 85 percent of them had objections and the Fujian provincial government decided to move the project to a new site on December 16, 2007.
Zhao told China Business News that she had never opposed implementation of the project, but said it should not be built in Xiamen.
The Xiamen government has now reached a consensus with Tenglong's parent Xianglu Group to relocate the project.
It has promised to pay compensation to Xianglu after the decision was approved by the central government.
The Tenglong Aromatic PX Co Ltd project to produce the petrochemical paraxylene is expected to be moved to Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, from its former site in Fujian's Xiamen, according to Xinhua news agency.
Zhangzhou is across the sea from Xiamen and the new site will be surrounded by a 20-kilometer-wide isolation belt.
Xiamen introduced the project in 2006 to boost its economy, but the city government halted construction on May 30, 2007.
The project was said to comply with China's environmental regulations, but the former site - Haicang District - had been planned as a residential area.
There was strong opposition from 105 top political advisers during China's annual parliamentary session in March 2007.
Led by Zhao Yufen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor at Xiamen University, the advisors all signed a proposal to move the project out of Xiamen.
Tenglong Co later filed a suit against Zhao and a colleague at Xiamen University, Professor Yuan Dongxing, seeking 2.5 million yuan in compensation.
That case has been referred to a Xiamen court but there has been no progress reported.
The Xiamen government completed an environmental evaluation of the project on December 5, 2007, and invited 106 local residents to discuss the future of the project in accordance with the law.
More than 85 percent of them had objections and the Fujian provincial government decided to move the project to a new site on December 16, 2007.
Zhao told China Business News that she had never opposed implementation of the project, but said it should not be built in Xiamen.
The Xiamen government has now reached a consensus with Tenglong's parent Xianglu Group to relocate the project.
It has promised to pay compensation to Xianglu after the decision was approved by the central government.
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