Seminar on standards of evaluation system for green factories in yellow phosphorus industry held in Weng'an 07-30-2019

On July 9, 2019, a nation-wide seminar on the standards of the evaluation system for green factories in the yellow phosphorus industry was held successfully in Weng’an, which is located in Guizhou Province, China. A great number of experts, academics, and entrepreneurs from various official associations in the yellow phosphorus industry, such as the CISIA (China Inorganic Salts Industry Association), the CRAES (Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences) and the Assessment Center of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, all attended the seminar. Their purpose was to find the best solution for the green development in the yellow phosphorus industry by exploring the standards of the evaluation system for green factories all together.


The seminar aimed at discussing the standard system for green factories in the yellow phosphorus industry, so that the concept of green development could be further promoted in yellow phosphorus enterprises and also be penetrated through the whole process of their production and operation. In China, it is highly advocated to produce yellow phosphorus in an environmentally friendly way with the help of technology so as good effectiveness in saving energy and reducing costs can be shown.

 

Weng'an has rich phosphate rock resources including yellow phosphorus, whose industry plays a significant role in China's economic development

On the seminar, the president of the CISIA, Wang Xiaofeng, expressed that yellow phosphorus, as a resource-based and highly consumed product, has a certain negative impact on the environment, which has sparked great concerns in the country. However, the yellow phosphorus industry plays an important and irreplaceable role in the economic development of China, due to the fact that yellow phosphorus is widely utilized in different industries, such as agriculture, petrochemical industry, light industry, textile, electric power, metallurgy, defence military, building materials, food processing, and electronics. As a basic row material in China, yellow phosphorus deserves a green development in the future.


According to Zhang Wenqiang, the county party secretary of Weng’an, the province is very rich in mineral resources, with more than 20 types of mine, among which phosphate rock takes up 360 million tonnes. Therefore, Weng’an is also regarded as “the storehouse of phosphorus in Asia“. Besides, Weng’an carries different outstanding titles confirmed by the government, such as the “national high-tech Industrialization Base of Phosphate Coal Chemical Industry in Southern Guizhou”, the “provincial demonstration base for international trade in fine chemicals” and the “national green demonstration park”. Mr Zhang believed that the seminar is a good opportunity for Weng’an to become the initial promoter for the green development in the yellow phosphorus industry.

 

The evaluation system benefits harmonization of social, economic and environmental effects of yellow phosphorus enterprises

It is reported that the theme of the seminar is unprecedented in the world. The evaluation system will be beneficial to the harmonization of social, economic and environmental effects of yellow phosphorus enterprises. In this way, the concept of green development can be better executed in these enterprises.


As a matter of fact, the government of Weng’an and the CISIA already reached a consensus on strategic cooperation in 2016 in order to strengthen the scientific development of phosphorus chemical industry. In 2017, both parties held a conference regarding the development of phosphorus chemical industry in Weng’an. In order to make some efforts for the green development, an Expert Committee on China’s phosphorus industry was founded in September, 2017, with 49 professionals and experts hired as the consultants of the development in the phosphorus industry in Weng’an.


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