Industry | Hubei Yichang shuts down 38 "Weijiang" chemical companies

According to the latest data released by the Bureau of Economics and Information Technology of Yichang City, Hubei Province on the 5th, the city has shut down 38 riverside chemical companies since 2017, and all 7 companies planned to switch to non-chemical projects have been converted to non-chemical projects and completed the riverside chemical industry.
Business shutdown and conversion plan.
Located at the junction of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Yichang is rich in mineral resources.
In addition, it is close to the Yangtze River, with convenient transportation and abundant water resources.
Chemical enterprises are concentrated along the river and the problem of "chemical surrounding the river" is prominent.
As an important hub for maintaining the safety of the water environment in the Yangtze River Basin and undertaking the function of regulating the environment in the Yangtze River Basin, Yichang has initiated the transformation and upgrading of the chemical industry since September 2017.
It plans to "renovate and relocate" 134 chemical companies within 3 years to ensure that a river of clear water flows eastward.
Up to now, all 34 enterprises planned to be shut down in Yichang City have been shut down, and 4 new ones have been shut down, bringing a total of 38 shut downs.
Among the 57 enterprises planned to be renovated on-site, except for two that were adjusted to shut down, 52 companies have completed 59 technological transformation projects and 3 are implementing technological transformation projects; among the 36 companies that plan to relocate to the park, except for 2 that have been adjusted to shut down, 18 companies have completed their relocation projects and started construction; plan to switch to production Of the 7 companies have all converted to non-chemical projects.
Yichang regards the “regulation and relocation” of chemical enterprises as a historical opportunity for transformation, upgrading and leaping development.
It has built high standards in Yidu Chemical Park and Zhijiang Yaojiagang Chemical Park, and used project construction as a link to promote the development of the city’s chemical industry.
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　　From January to October this year, there were 80 chemical companies above designated size in Yichang City, with a total industrial output value of 62.
504 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 11.
9% over the same period last year.
The city's annual output of ammonium phosphate is strictly controlled within 6 million tons, and the proportion of fine chemicals in the chemical industry has increased from 13.
2% in 2016 to 35%.
　　Zhou Ji, member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Yichang Municipal Party Committee, stated that Yichang will build up upstream awareness, continue to focus on the "transformation from customs to greening", deepen the supply-side structural reform, and continue to do a good job in "ecological restoration, environmental protection, and greening".
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