2018年CRI Industrial firms on the way to become green producers

 

A new push is on in China to try to improve the 'greening' of this country's industrial firms, which are traditionally some of the largest polluters in the country.

Yanshan Petrochemical runs a large petrochemical complex in Beijing.

Situated¹ in a southwestern suburb of the Chinese capital, Yanshan Petrochemical is a subsidiary of Sinopec, the world's top oil refiner.

Partially² due to its proximity³ to the urban area, authorities have been keen to 'green up" its industrial production to minimize its impact to the environment.

Occupying an area of some 36 square kilometers, Yanshan Petrochemical has several dozens of production units. 

Senior executive Qu Hongliang says his company now shares real-time data, including PM2.5 readings, with environment regulators at various levels.

"Monitoring volatile⁴ organic compounds, or VOC's, is very important for petrochemical companies like us. We've spent some 20 million yuan to set up 46 monitoring sites in all our production units. All key data is sent to the mobile phones of company managers as well as shared with databases with the Environment Ministry⁵ and the Beijing Environment Bureau. These are just some of the steps we're taking to show we're serious in helping⁶ preserve the environment."

A computer program in the company's command center also monitors for potential chemical leaks.

All employees have to go through regular training to deal with emergency situations.

Wastewater treatment is also critical for major industrial firms.

This is especially true for Yanshan Petrochemical, which refines 10 million tons of oil and produces 800-thousand tons of ethylene every year.

Most of Yanshan's 10-thousand employees live around the production site.

To help make the area more liveable, Yanshan officials came up with an idea to use the reprocessed wastewater to create a local wetland.

This became a reality in 2016 when Sinopec teamed up with a leading global resource management company to take control of the entire water cycle at the Yanshan facility.

After two years of planning and development, the wetland park now contains special aquatic⁷ plants which help further purify the processed water from the chemical plant nearby.

Liu Hong is one of the managers of the water at Yanshan.

She says the wetland has now become a paradise for birds.

"After technology update, we could make sure that chemical oxygen demand is about 30 milligram per liter, while the standard in some European country is about 125 milligram per liter"

Jerome Vanachter is a spokesperson for the foreign partner involved in the water recycling program. 

He says the wetland is a good example of how harmony can be found between nature and human beings.

"This wetland is a way to show to the public in terms of environmental quality biodiversity. As is introduced here, we have very rich biodiversity, lots of birds for instance, more than 50 types of birds have been recognized here and some are very rare. Beijing nowadays has some the strictest regulations in terms of water discharge. So we've been helping and developing some solutions to decrease discharge to comply fully⁸ with that objective."

Vanachter also says he's impressed with the shift toward green development he's seen since he first moved to China. 

"It was long time ago, 13 years ago. That was in 2005, I arrived in Inner Mongolia, it was not like here. But I was really amazed by its willingness to change in terms of development but also how quickly it is catching⁹ up with environment compliance¹⁰."

Officials taking part in a high-profile environmental conference in Beijing this past week have suggested that by 2035 there will be a fundamental improvement in the quality of the environment across China, meeting the goal of building a "Beautiful China" by that time.

1 situated   

adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的

参考例句：

• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
• She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。

2 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

3 proximity   

n.接近，邻近

参考例句：

• Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.法律规定禁止近亲结婚。
• Their house is in close proximity to ours.他们的房子很接近我们的。

4 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 aquatic   

adj.水生的，水栖的

参考例句：

• Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
• We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

9 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

10 compliance   

n.顺从；服从；附和；屈从

参考例句：

• I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
• She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。