Difficulties in the relocation of Xiangjiang Paint: development amid protests

But the situation has not improved.
In July 2011, netizens "Qiuyi" posted a post calling on relevant departments to pay attention to "Xiangtu often emits unpleasant odors, which seriously affect the lives of the surrounding people and harm their health!" This post also received a detailed response from the Changsha Environmental Protection Bureau.
, And informed about the pollution status and detection status of Xiangtu.

The Changsha Environmental Protection Bureau confirmed in the notification that Xiangtu has "a certain degree of paint waste gas pollution.
" The report pointed out that Xiangtu had six workshops at the time-a resin synthesis workshop, a packaging barrel production workshop and four packaging production workshops-and the working hours were from 8 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday.
The production process is followed by resin synthesis, mixing, and packaging.
"From the site survey, the waste gas pollution of this unit is mainly due to the unorganized emission of volatile organic solvents during the production process due to mixing and packaging, that is, the smell of paint.
"

In response to this monitoring, the Changsha Environmental Protection Bureau “instructed the unit (Xiangtu) to strengthen the construction of exhaust gas protection measures, seal the windows of the thinner tank shop to the outside, install exhaust devices, exhaust gas pipes and exhaust gas absorption devices.
Unorganized exhaust gas must pass through the pipeline After the collection is processed and reaches the standard, it will be discharged at high altitude.
"

In October 2012, local mass media reports in Changsha expanded the scope of publicity of Xiangtu's waste gas pollution.
In an on-site interview, an unnamed woman told reporters, “I lived in the sauce dormitory of Liuhe Village, 50 meters away from Xiangjiang Paint Group, for more than 20 years, which is equivalent to smelling the smell for more than 20 years!” This report once again "Alarming" the Changsha Environmental Protection Bureau, the next day, it sent monitoring personnel to Xiangtu to monitor the plant's waste gas and wastewater discharge and take samples on site.

The frequent exposure of pollution problems made Xiangtu aware of the necessity of relocation.
In January 2013, at the 2012 annual dealer meeting of Xiangjiang Decorative Coatings, Qin Feng, general manager of Xiangtu Group Company, gave a special explanation on the relocation progress of the group company and the planning prospects after the relocation of Xiangjiang Decorative Coatings in his speech.
The relocation operation has been initiated.

Development in protest

Although residents were forced to move due to pollution problems, Xiangtu still maintained rapid development during the protests.
The importance of its position in the enterprises of Changsha City and Hunan Province has also won time for it to gradually advance the relocation work.

Xiangtu has more than 60 years of development history.
In 1950, the first paint production plant in Hunan Province, the predecessor of Xiangtu Lizhong Enterprise Chemical Factory was established; in 1982, Xiangtu became one of the "21 key paint factories in the country"; in 1996, it was restructured from a state-owned enterprise to a state-owned enterprise Sole proprietorship, and changed its name to Hunan Xiangjiang Paint Group Company; in 2000, it was restructured into a joint-stock company.

After the shareholding reform, Xiangtu began to enter the channel of rapid development.
According to a report entitled "Xiangjiang Coatings: Be the Best in China" published in 2008, it shows that "the economic benefits of Xiangjiang Coatings Group have grown steadily for more than 10 consecutive years, with annual profits and taxes exceeding 100 million yuan, and have entered the "Top 500 Companies in China" for many years.
The annual production capacity is nearly 1 billion tons, and (2007) annual sales are 1.
1 billion yuan.
” In 2000, Xiangtu's annual sales were less than 300 million yuan.
In 2005, Xiangtu acquired Zhengzhou Shuangta Paint Co.
, Ltd.
at a price of nearly 100 million yuan, which became a worthy stroke in the history of Xiangtu's development.

In 2008 and after, Xiangtu's annual sales continued to rise.
According to the list of "hunan's top 100 enterprises" announced over the years, Xiangtu has been on the list every year.
"Hunan Top 100 Enterprises" was launched after reviewing and appraising by experts based on the voluntary declaration of enterprises, based on the voluntary declaration of enterprises, and the operating income of the enterprises operating in Hunan in the previous year.

According to the list of “hunan's top 100 enterprises” collected on the Internet from 2009 to 2013, Xiangtu’s ranking was stable at around 80, but its sales in the previous year, which was used as a measure for the five years, achieved a growth from 10 The leap from 100 million yuan to 2 billion yuan.
From 2008 to 2012, the annual sales of Xiangtu were 1.
23 billion yuan (the last figure has been rounded, the same below), 1.
485 billion yuan, 2.
023 billion yuan, 2.
166 billion yuan, and 2.
231 billion yuan.

It can be seen that the sales performance of Xiangtu in 2010 has taken a big step forward, with an increase of 36.
23%.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Xiangtu's Daqing Year.
At the celebration, Zeng Zhaomin, chairman of Xiangtu Group, called on the new generation of Xiangtu people to fully carry forward the pragmatic, capable, efficient and innovative corporate spirit, and strive for the ambitious goal of "the best national brand in China's coatings industry" .

With the rapid development of enterprises, the pollution problem of Xiangtu, which is in the busy city, has become increasingly prominent and attracts more attention.
As mentioned earlier, Xiangtu and its nearby residents are in a tug of war over issues such as exhaust gas pollution.
Although the Changsha Environmental Protection Bureau has repeatedly monitored and requested rectification, the problem has not been fundamentally resolved.
Until this year, a citizen living near Xiangtu still complained, "The paint factory smells very unpleasant, and it is often done at night, which prevents us from sleeping well.
"

Regarding the problem of environmental pollution, both the environmental protection department and the Xiangtu side are quite helpless.
As far as the environmental protection department is concerned, in response to complaints from residents, it has carried out environmental protection inspections on Xiangtu several times, and requested enterprises to rectify and reform, and even arrange for coordination between the enterprise and the affected residents.

However, the problem of Xiangtu can not be solved by rectification.
A person in charge of Xiangtu who did not want to be named admitted that the paint factory has a history of 64 years.
"There is pollution, mainly because it is too close to residential areas.
" "Even if our company meets the emission standards, nearby residents will still smell a relatively big smell.
"

In this context, residents are no longer satisfied with the rectification and reform of Xiangtu, but prefer to relocate to Xiangtu to eradicate pollution sources and exchange people's "right to health".
For Xiangtu, continuous development and growth also requires more space to expand production, and relocation has become the only choice.

Relocation is urgent

In fact, Xiangtu has already made "efforts" in the game with the residents.
In 2005, Xiangtu moved the automotive coating workshop (namely Hunan Xiangjiang Guanxi Paint Co.
, Ltd.
) to the Economic and Technological Development Zone in Xingsha Town, Changsha County, and officially put it into operation in 2007.

However, the remaining industrial paint workshops still produce pollution and become the object of complaints from local residents.
As for why the industrial paint workshop was left, the person in charge of Xiangtu said: “Most of it has been moved to Xingsha in 2007, and part of it has not been moved due to urban planning adjustments.
That is the factory area we are seeing now.
.
"

This delay is five or six years.
In August 2012, Xiangtu acquired an industrial land at the southeast corner of the intersection of Maqiaohe Road and Chigang Road in Wangcheng District for 63.
1 million yuan ([2012] Wanggong Gua No.
001 Parcel).
The land use area is 124481.
86 square meters, and the planned land attribute is industrial land.
Xiangtu plans to build a technical transformation project for the relocation of high-end coatings with an annual output of 30,000 tons.

After acquiring the land, Xiangtu should have no more time to delay.
According to the "Changsha City Environmental Protection Three-year Action Plan (2012-2014)" issued by the General Office of Changsha City Government, Xiangjiang Paint belongs to the relocation enterprise of the Changsha City Environmental Protection Three-year Action Plan, and it is required to complete Hunan Province by December 2014.
Relocation of Xiangjiang Paint Co.
, Ltd.
".

In March 2013, the State Council formally approved the National Old Industrial Base Adjustment and Transformation Plan (2013-2022) (referred to as the "Plan"), and the Kaifu District, where Xiangtu is located, was included in the National Old Industrial Base Transformation Plan.
The "Plan" requires that cities that require overall relocation and transformation of old industrial areas in urban areas should scientifically formulate relocation and transformation implementation plans and organize their implementation seriously.
This means that old companies including Xiangjiang Paint and other old companies will enjoy the corresponding policy support given by the central government in fiscal and taxation, industry, investment, land and other aspects in the next 10 years, and at the same time, they must restructure and relocate as soon as possible.

But things backfired.
It was not until July 16, 2013 that the Xiangtu high-end paint relocation technical transformation project with a total investment of 830 million yuan held its groundbreaking ceremony, but at this time the land was not fully acquired.
According to the aforementioned person in charge of Xiangtu, it was not until the end of 2013 that Xiangtu officially obtained the land.
Faced with the question of “why relocation is delayed repeatedly and repeatedly” by residents, the person in charge explained: “The relocation has been planned for a long time, and it was delayed because of land acquisition and demolition.
”

In March 2014, Xiangtu completed the design and bidding of part of the project, and the construction was officially started in April; the follow-up project will not be completed until the end of July.
According to the picture provided by the report "The Four Leaders of Wangcheng District, Changsha City Investigating the Construction of Key Projects in the District" released by the Red Net at the end of June, the construction site of the Xiangtu project was piled up with construction materials such as steel bars, and no factory building under construction was seen.
The Xiangtu project has been identified as one of the "Top Ten Industrial Projects" in Wangcheng District.

In early July, the aforementioned person in charge of Xiangtu said that although the relocation project has been delayed several times, it has now started, and the current production scale of the old factory area, which has been complained by residents, has been reduced by at least half.
The "Three-year Action Plan for Environmental Protection of Changsha City (2012-2014)" required to complete the relocation of Xiangtu by December this year has been impossible.
"It will be completed and put into production in the second half of 2015," said the person in charge.

After more than ten years of resistance and waiting, the residents near the old Xiangtu factory area finally waited for the dawn of an end to the "battle", but it is hard to say that "victory is in sight.
" On July 10, they were arranged to hold a symposium with the environmental protection departments of Xiangtu and the urban area to communicate again on the relocation of Xiangtu.

"How much waste gas will it emit in a year?" "Then what is the annual output of this factory?" The atmosphere of the three-hour symposium was still tense.
But after hearing that Xiangtu will complete the relocation by the end of next year and are willing to give a written promise, the residents finally no longer have to return empty-handed.
"Our appeal is to hope that the Xiangtu Group will relocate in time according to the stipulated time and give us a healthy and comfortable environment.
" A resident representative said.

For Xiangtu, he is no longer willing to spend too much effort on this issue.
To complete the ambitious goal of becoming "the best national brand in the Chinese coatings industry", relocation and expansion are also the first steps that Xiangtu needs to take.
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