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    Shanghai will basically establish a fine and precise safety control system for hazardous chemicals by the end of 2023

    • Last Update: 2022-06-12
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    In order to thoroughly implement the "Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening the Work Safety of Hazardous Chemicals" issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council, and to comprehensively improve the work safety of hazardous chemicals in our city, the following implementation opinions are put forward based on actual conditions.


    In order to thoroughly implement the "Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening the Work Safety of Hazardous Chemicals" issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council, and to comprehensively improve the work safety of hazardous chemicals in our city, the following implementation opinions are put forward based on actual conditions.


    1.


    Focusing on preventing and resolving systemic safety risks, and improving the overall quality and ability of safe production of hazardous chemicals as the foundation, establish and improve the dual prevention mechanism of hierarchical management and control of safety risks and the detection and management of hidden dangers, resolutely curb larger and larger production safety accidents, and strive to reduce general accident.


    2.


     (1) Improve the system of laws and regulations and standards.


     (2) Standardize law enforcement inspection and accountability.


    3.


     (3) Strengthen the leadership responsibilities of the party committee and government.


     (4) Strengthen the responsibility of departmental safety supervision.


     (5) Strengthen the main responsibility of enterprise safety production.


    4.


     (6) Strict market security access.


     (7) Deepen the adjustment of industrial planning and layout.


     (8) Deepen "catalogization" and "list->Strengthen the safety management of hazardous chemicals in all districts, systems, and fields.


     (9) Strengthen the management of the process of construction project design and construction.


    5.
    Strengthen risk prevention and control
    5.
    Strengthen risk prevention and control

     (10) Deepen the investigation of hidden dangers of safety risks.
    Guide and urge chemical parks and hazardous chemical companies to comprehensively carry out safety risk detection and management and external safety protection distance benchmarking inspections, and implement countermeasures to eliminate, reduce, and control safety risks in accordance with the principle of "one park, one policy"; The principle of "one policy" is to implement the strictest governance and rectification.
    Establish and improve the safety risk distribution files of hazardous chemicals in various industries and “one chart, one table” for hazardous chemicals.

     (10) Deepen the investigation of hidden dangers of safety risks.
    Guide and urge chemical parks and hazardous chemical companies to comprehensively carry out safety risk detection and management and external safety protection distance benchmarking inspections, and implement countermeasures to eliminate, reduce, and control safety risks in accordance with the principle of "one park, one policy"; The principle of "one policy" is to implement the strictest governance and rectification.
    Establish and improve the safety risk distribution files of hazardous chemicals in various industries and “one chart, one table” for hazardous chemicals.

     (11) Strengthen the safety management and control of key parts.
    Implement total volume control on the production of hazardous chemicals in chemical parks and related industrial parks to reduce regional risks.
    Standardize the management and operation of automobile hydrogen refueling stations and light hydrocarbon fuel refueling stations, unified planning and orderly construction to ensure safety.
    Implement joint prevention and control of major risks related to terrorism, explosions, and dangerous chemicals, improve the supervision system, and strengthen key supervision.

     (11) Strengthen the safety management and control of key parts.
    Implement total volume control on the production of hazardous chemicals in chemical parks and related industrial parks to reduce regional risks.
    Standardize the management and operation of automobile hydrogen refueling stations and light hydrocarbon fuel refueling stations, unified planning and orderly construction to ensure safety.
    Implement joint prevention and control of major risks related to terrorism, explosions, and dangerous chemicals, improve the supervision system, and strengthen key supervision.

     (12) Carry out special rectification and comprehensive management.
    Consolidate the results of comprehensive management and organize a three-year campaign for special rectification of hazardous chemical safety.
    In-depth advancement of chemical process safety management, fine chemical reaction safety risk assessment, in-depth inspection of major hazards, safety instrumented system verification, expert guidance services, etc.
    Improve the city's hazardous chemicals and oil and gas pipeline safety risk classification management and control and hidden danger investigation and management mechanisms, build a complete information monitoring system, conduct safety assessments in high-consequence areas, strictly implement the statutory inspection system, and improve the level of safety management.

     (12) Carry out special rectification and comprehensive management.
    Consolidate the results of comprehensive management and organize a three-year campaign for special rectification of hazardous chemical safety.
    In-depth advancement of chemical process safety management, fine chemical reaction safety risk assessment, in-depth inspection of major hazards, safety instrumented system verification, expert guidance services, etc.
    Improve the city's hazardous chemicals and oil and gas pipeline safety risk classification management and control and hidden danger investigation and management mechanisms, build a complete information monitoring system, conduct safety assessments in high-consequence areas, strictly implement the statutory inspection system, and improve the level of safety management.

     (13) Improve the level of safety production standardization.
    In accordance with the principle of "classification, classification, and territorial supervision", strictly implement the relevant management guidelines, and promote the review and improvement of the safety production standardization of enterprises in the production and storage of hazardous chemicals.
    Incorporate the safety production internal audit mechanism and commitment system, safety risk hierarchical management and control and hidden danger investigation and management mechanism, safety risk research and judgment and commitment announcement system into the safety production standardization grade review conditions.

     (13) Improve the level of safety production standardization.
    In accordance with the principle of "classification, classification, and territorial supervision", strictly implement the relevant management guidelines, and promote the review and improvement of the safety production standardization of enterprises in the production and storage of hazardous chemicals.
    Incorporate the safety production internal audit mechanism and commitment system, safety risk hierarchical management and control and hidden danger investigation and management mechanism, safety risk research and judgment and commitment announcement system into the safety production standardization grade review conditions.

     (14) Strengthen the safety supervision of transportation links.
    Speed ​​up the planning and construction of special passages for transport vehicles involving hazardous chemicals, centralized parking lots, and centralized tank and tank washing sites.
    Raise the barriers to entry for the transportation of dangerous goods, strengthen the safety supervision of the entire chain of road, railway, waterway, and air transportation such as consignment, transportation, loading and unloading, and operation, and strictly control the provincial highway crossings, important road bridges, tunnels, drinking water sources and other areas Dangerous goods transportation vehicles and ships.
    Strengthen the construction and safety management of supporting storage places for dangerous goods such as yards, warehouses, and container unpacking and packing yards in ports, airports, and railway stations, and standardize port inspection and law enforcement.
    Promote the establishment of a safety supervision and coordination mechanism for the transportation of dangerous goods in the Yangtze River Delta, and strengthen joint management, prevention and control.

     (14) Strengthen the safety supervision of transportation links.
    Speed ​​up the planning and construction of special passages for transport vehicles involving hazardous chemicals, centralized parking lots, and centralized tank and tank washing sites.
    Raise the barriers to entry for the transportation of dangerous goods, strengthen the safety supervision of the entire chain of road, railway, waterway, and air transportation such as consignment, transportation, loading and unloading, and operation, and strictly control the provincial highway crossings, important road bridges, tunnels, drinking water sources and other areas Dangerous goods transportation vehicles and ships.
    Strengthen the construction and safety management of supporting storage places for dangerous goods such as yards, warehouses, and container unpacking and packing yards in ports, airports, and railway stations, and standardize port inspection and law enforcement.
    Promote the establishment of a safety supervision and coordination mechanism for the transportation of dangerous goods in the Yangtze River Delta, and strengthen joint management, prevention and control.

     (15) Strengthen the supervision of hazardous wastes.
    Promote the planning and construction of hazardous waste disposal facilities such as waste hazardous chemicals, and strictly examine and approve the construction of hazardous waste storage facilities (including environmental pollution control facilities).
    Strengthen information sharing and collaboration, focus on cracking down on illegal storage, random dumping, and unauthorized landfilling of hazardous waste, and urge enterprises to carry out key environmental protection facilities, project safety risk assessment and demonstration, and potential hazard investigation and management.
    Comprehensively carry out hazardous waste investigations, identify and appraise solid wastes of unknown attributes, strictly implement the electronic form system for hazardous waste transfer, and rely on the hazardous waste management information system platform to establish coverage for hazardous waste generation, collection, storage, transfer, transportation, and utilization.
    The supervision system of the whole process such as disposal.

     (15) Strengthen the supervision of hazardous wastes.
    Promote the planning and construction of hazardous waste disposal facilities such as waste hazardous chemicals, and strictly examine and approve the construction of hazardous waste storage facilities (including environmental pollution control facilities).
    Strengthen information sharing and collaboration, focus on cracking down on illegal storage, random dumping, and unauthorized landfilling of hazardous waste, and urge enterprises to carry out key environmental protection facilities, project safety risk assessment and demonstration, and potential hazard investigation and management.
    Comprehensively carry out hazardous waste investigations, identify and appraise solid wastes of unknown attributes, strictly implement the electronic form system for hazardous waste transfer, and rely on the hazardous waste management information system platform to establish coverage for hazardous waste generation, collection, storage, transfer, transportation, and utilization.
    The supervision system of the whole process such as disposal.

    6.
    Strengthen scientific and technological support

    6.
    Strengthen scientific and technological support
    6.
    Strengthen scientific and technological support

     (16) Improve the level of scientific and technological support.
    Focus on safe production of hazardous chemicals throughout the life cycle, disaster prevention and mitigation, and emergency rescue, strengthen the construction of common technology platforms, advance key equipment and advanced applicable technologies, and promote big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and other technologies and the safety of hazardous chemicals Deep integration in the production field.
    Carry out technology and equipment research and development such as risk identification and control of hazardous chemical production processes, intelligent monitoring and control of road transportation, and integrated risk prevention and control of safety and environmental protection in chemical parks.

     (16) Improve the level of scientific and technological support.
    Focus on safe production of hazardous chemicals throughout the life cycle, disaster prevention and mitigation, and emergency rescue, strengthen the construction of common technology platforms, advance key equipment and advanced applicable technologies, and promote big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and other technologies and the safety of hazardous chemicals Deep integration in the production field.
    Carry out technology and equipment research and development such as risk identification and control of hazardous chemical production processes, intelligent monitoring and control of road transportation, and integrated risk prevention and control of safety and environmental protection in chemical parks.

     (17) Improve the level of informatization supervision.
    Relying on the city's operation of "one network, unified management", focusing on promoting cross-departmental, cross-regional, and cross-level information linkage, and comprehensively improve informatization, intelligence, and intelligent supervision capabilities.
    Comprehensive use of video surveillance, equipment perception, electronic identification and other technologies, intelligent collection of inherent risks such as major hazards, and process tracking of flow risks such as transportation vehicles.
    Establish and improve the risk monitoring and early warning system of hazardous chemicals, and promote information technology such as electronic labeling of hazardous chemicals and warehouse management.
    Efforts will be made to create a monitoring, control, and disposal process for hazardous chemicals that are linked up and down and coordinated horizontally.

     (17) Improve the level of informatization supervision.
    Relying on the city's operation of "one network, unified management", focusing on promoting cross-departmental, cross-regional, and cross-level information linkage, and comprehensively improve informatization, intelligence, and intelligent supervision capabilities.
    Comprehensive use of video surveillance, equipment perception, electronic identification and other technologies, intelligent collection of inherent risks such as major hazards, and process tracking of flow risks such as transportation vehicles.
    Establish and improve the risk monitoring and early warning system of hazardous chemicals, and promote information technology such as electronic labeling of hazardous chemicals and warehouse management.
    Efforts will be made to create a monitoring, control, and disposal process for hazardous chemicals that are linked up and down and coordinated horizontally.

     (18) Improve the intrinsic safety level of enterprises.
    For chemical installations and hazardous chemical storage facilities involving "two priorities and one major", safety instrumented systems that comply with relevant technical standards shall be designed and installed.
    Promote the transformation of equipment and facilities for "reduction of mechanization and substitution of automation".
    Accelerate the application of new materials and new technologies in the chemical industry, research on-line reduction technical routes and storage reduction plans for hazardous chemicals in the production process, develop alternative process routes for low-toxicity and low-reactivity chemicals, and promote technological transformation of weakened reaction conditions.

     (18) Improve the intrinsic safety level of enterprises.
    For chemical installations and hazardous chemical storage facilities involving "two priorities and one major", safety instrumented systems that comply with relevant technical standards shall be designed and installed.
    Promote the transformation of equipment and facilities for "reduction of mechanization and substitution of automation".
    Accelerate the application of new materials and new technologies in the chemical industry, research on-line reduction technical routes and storage reduction plans for hazardous chemicals in the production process, develop alternative process routes for low-toxicity and low-reactivity chemicals, and promote technological transformation of weakened reaction conditions.

    7.
    Strengthen capacity building

    7.
    Strengthen capacity building
    7.
    Strengthen capacity building

     (19) Strengthen the construction of safety supervision team.
    All districts, relevant departments and units shall strengthen the construction of safety supervision and law enforcement.
    By the end of 2022, the number of law enforcement personnel with professional education and practical experience related to production safety shall not be less than 75% of the in-service personnel, and there will be a lot of induction training for safety supervision and law enforcement personnel.
    Less than 3 months, no less than 2 weeks of retraining each year.
    All districts should combine the work of adjusting the management system of the streets and towns, and incorporate the functions of safety supervision and law enforcement into the comprehensive administrative law enforcement agencies of the streets and towns.
    Further improve the safety supervision system and mechanism of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, and strengthen safety supervision capabilities.
    Regularly carry out business ability training, organize safety supervision and law enforcement personnel to conduct job training in large state-owned chemical companies and foreign-funded chemical companies, and explore and strengthen international cooperation and exchanges in the field of hazardous chemicals.

     (19) Strengthen the construction of safety supervision team.
    All districts, relevant departments and units shall strengthen the construction of safety supervision and law enforcement.
    By the end of 2022, the number of law enforcement personnel with professional education and practical experience related to production safety shall not be less than 75% of the in-service personnel, and there will be a lot of induction training for safety supervision and law enforcement personnel.
    Less than 3 months, no less than 2 weeks of retraining each year.
    All districts should combine the work of adjusting the management system of the streets and towns, and incorporate the functions of safety supervision and law enforcement into the comprehensive administrative law enforcement agencies of the streets and towns.
    Further improve the safety supervision system and mechanism of Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, and strengthen safety supervision capabilities.
    Regularly carry out business ability training, organize safety supervision and law enforcement personnel to conduct job training in large state-owned chemical companies and foreign-funded chemical companies, and explore and strengthen international cooperation and exchanges in the field of hazardous chemicals.

     (20) Strengthen the capacity building of employees.
    The main person in charge of a hazardous chemical company and the person in charge of safety production must have a college degree or above in the chemical industry and some practical experience, and the full-time safety management personnel must have at least an intermediate or above chemical professional technical title or a chemical safety registered safety engineer qualification.
    Newly recruited front-line employees must have a chemical vocational education background or an ordinary high school degree or above.
    An enterprise establishes a chemical professional technical team, and positions involving "two key points and one major" production and storage facilities should be recruited from personnel with chemical engineering and other related majors and certain skills.
    All types of personnel at all levels of the enterprise must receive safety training and can only take up their posts after passing the assessment.

     (20) Strengthen the capacity building of employees.
    The main person in charge of a hazardous chemical company and the person in charge of safety production must have a college degree or above in the chemical industry and some practical experience, and the full-time safety management personnel must have at least an intermediate or above chemical professional technical title or a chemical safety registered safety engineer qualification.
    Newly recruited front-line employees must have a chemical vocational education background or an ordinary high school degree or above.
    An enterprise establishes a chemical professional technical team, and positions involving "two key points and one major" production and storage facilities should be recruited from personnel with chemical engineering and other related majors and certain skills.
    All types of personnel at all levels of the enterprise must receive safety training and can only take up their posts after passing the assessment.

     (21) Strengthen the promotion of occupational safety skills.
    The employees of chemical and hazardous chemicals enterprises shall be regarded as the key groups for the vocational skill improvement actions in high-risk industries.
    Accelerate the construction of professional institutions with training conditions, promote the benign interaction between high-risk enterprises and relevant institutions in training and training, and implement the same support policy.
    Promote the establishment of safety management majors in relevant colleges and universities, and incorporate theoretical and practical training courses on chemical process safety management, emergency response, and fire protection into the professional curriculum system.

     (21) Strengthen the promotion of occupational safety skills.
    The employees of chemical and hazardous chemicals enterprises shall be regarded as the key groups for the vocational skill improvement actions in high-risk industries.
    Accelerate the construction of professional institutions with training conditions, promote the benign interaction between high-risk enterprises and relevant institutions in training and training, and implement the same support policy.
    Promote the establishment of safety management majors in relevant colleges and universities, and incorporate theoretical and practical training courses on chemical process safety management, emergency response, and fire protection into the professional curriculum system.

     (22) Strengthen the promotion and popularization of safety knowledge.
    Give play to the guiding role of the media.
    In conjunction with activities such as "Safety Production Month" and "11·9 Fire Fighting Month", we organized and carried out publicity and education training on safety production laws and regulations, chemical safety and emergency management.
    Incorporate common hazardous chemical safety knowledge into the content of safety education in primary and secondary schools.
    Efforts will be made to improve the society’s awareness of the rule of law, safety awareness, and scientific awareness of hazardous chemicals.

     (22) Strengthen the promotion and popularization of safety knowledge.
    Give play to the guiding role of the media.
    In conjunction with activities such as "Safety Production Month" and "11·9 Fire Fighting Month", we organized and carried out publicity and education training on safety production laws and regulations, chemical safety and emergency management.
    Incorporate common hazardous chemical safety knowledge into the content of safety education in primary and secondary schools.
    Efforts will be made to improve the society’s awareness of the rule of law, safety awareness, and scientific awareness of hazardous chemicals.

    8.
    Strengthen emergency rescue

    8.
    Strengthen emergency rescue
    8.
    Strengthen emergency rescue

     (23) Strengthen emergency response capacity building.
    In accordance with relevant national standards, build emergency rescue bases and emergency rescue teams for hazardous chemicals, and promote the construction of integrated emergency rescue platforms such as chemical parks and ports.
    Promote the establishment of a coordination and linkage mechanism for the emergency management of hazardous chemicals in the Yangtze River Delta, and gradually realize regionalized emergency response coordination, resource sharing, proper handling, and efficient rescue.
    Guide and urge enterprises to revise and improve emergency plans, strengthen emergency material reserves, allocate emergency rescue teams, and improve emergency response capabilities.

     (23) Strengthen emergency response capacity building.
    In accordance with relevant national standards, build emergency rescue bases and emergency rescue teams for hazardous chemicals, and promote the construction of integrated emergency rescue platforms such as chemical parks and ports.
    Promote the establishment of a coordination and linkage mechanism for the emergency management of hazardous chemicals in the Yangtze River Delta, and gradually realize regionalized emergency response coordination, resource sharing, proper handling, and efficient rescue.
    Guide and urge enterprises to revise and improve emergency plans, strengthen emergency material reserves, allocate emergency rescue teams, and improve emergency response capabilities.

     (24) Optimize the emergency response process.
    Regularly evaluate, revise and improve emergency plans for handling hazardous chemical accidents and special emergency plans for various fields and links, and clarify the emergency response work responsibilities of relevant departments.
    Relying on the urban operation management center platform, build a mechanism of “intelligent response, visual command, and closed-loop disposal” to continuously optimize the emergency response, on-site handling, accident reporting, and emergency rescue procedures for hazardous chemical accidents.

     (24) Optimize the emergency response process.
    Regularly evaluate, revise and improve emergency plans for handling hazardous chemical accidents and special emergency plans for various fields and links, and clarify the emergency response work responsibilities of relevant departments.
    Relying on the urban operation management center platform, build a mechanism of “intelligent response, visual command, and closed-loop disposal” to continuously optimize the emergency response, on-site handling, accident reporting, and emergency rescue procedures for hazardous chemical accidents.

    9.
    Strengthen social co-governance

    Nine, strengthen social co-governance Nine, strengthen social co-governance

     (Twenty-five) Strengthen the restraint of dishonesty.
    Evasion and confrontation of safety production supervision and environmental protection supervision by means of concealment, deception or obstruction, illegal command, illegal operation, illegal modification of process flow, destruction of monitoring and monitoring facilities, entrainment, false report, concealment, and concealment of dangerous goods, etc.
    Units and main responsible persons that endanger the safety of people’s lives and property shall be included in their credit records in accordance with laws and regulations, and punishments for dishonesty shall be strengthened.

     (Twenty-five) Strengthen the restraint of dishonesty.
    Evasion and confrontation of safety production supervision and environmental protection supervision by means of concealment, deception or obstruction, illegal command, illegal operation, illegal modification of process flow, destruction of monitoring and monitoring facilities, entrainment, false report, concealment, and concealment of dangerous goods, etc.
    Units and main responsible persons that endanger the safety of people’s lives and property shall be included in their credit records in accordance with laws and regulations, and punishments for dishonesty shall be strengthened.

     (26) Strengthen the supervision of third-party services.
    Continue to strengthen the qualification management of production safety professional service agencies and environmental impact assessment agencies.
    For professional service agencies that have fraudulent practices, major omissions, and bad records, the relevant agencies and individuals shall be seriously held accountable in accordance with the law, and the punishments shall be disclosed.

     (26) Strengthen the supervision of third-party services.
    Continue to strengthen the qualification management of production safety professional service agencies and environmental impact assessment agencies.
    For professional service agencies that have fraudulent practices, major omissions, and bad records, the relevant agencies and individuals shall be seriously held accountable in accordance with the law, and the punishments shall be disclosed.

     (27) Give full play to the promoting role of market mechanisms.
    Make full use of the "law enforcement + expert" model, give full play to the role of social forces, and accelerate the cultivation of a group of technical service enterprises and expert teams with strong professional capabilities and good social reputation.
    Promote the production safety liability insurance of hazardous chemicals, and coordinate with production safety standardization, supervision and law enforcement, etc.
    , to optimize the floating mechanism of insurance premium rates.
    Promote insurance institutions to carry out safety risk assessment pilots for underwriting companies to improve the level of disaster prevention and loss reduction services.

     (27) Give full play to the promoting role of market mechanisms.
    Make full use of the "law enforcement + expert" model, give full play to the role of social forces, and accelerate the cultivation of a group of technical service enterprises and expert teams with strong professional capabilities and good social reputation.
    Promote the production safety liability insurance of hazardous chemicals, and coordinate with production safety standardization, supervision and law enforcement, etc.
    , to optimize the floating mechanism of insurance premium rates.
    Promote insurance institutions to carry out safety risk assessment pilots for underwriting companies to improve the level of disaster prevention and loss reduction services.

     (28) Increase incentives and guarantees.
    For hazardous chemical projects encouraged by the state, advanced dangerous goods testing and inspection equipment imported for personal use within the total investment shall be exempted from import tariffs in accordance with current policies and regulations.
    Implementation of special equipment investment for safety production credit and corporate income tax incentives.
    Implement financial special funds and enterprise special funds, and encourage the public and enterprise employees to report hidden dangers of production safety accidents.
    Reduce the frequency of inspections for enterprises that meet the first and second standards of safety production standardization, give priority to expansion and capacity expansion, enter the park, etc.
    , and lower the work injury insurance rate in accordance with relevant regulations.

     (28) Increase incentives and guarantees.
    For hazardous chemical projects encouraged by the state, advanced dangerous goods testing and inspection equipment imported for personal use within the total investment shall be exempted from import tariffs in accordance with current policies and regulations.
    Implementation of special equipment investment for safety production credit and corporate income tax incentives.
    Implement financial special funds and enterprise special funds, and encourage the public and enterprise employees to report hidden dangers of production safety accidents.
    Reduce the frequency of inspections for enterprises that meet the first and second standards of safety production standardization, give priority to expansion and capacity expansion, enter the park, etc.
    , and lower the work injury insurance rate in accordance with relevant regulations.
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