Hebei: Improving and upgrading 72 chemical industrial parks across the province

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This year is the year of focused efforts within the three-year campaign for special rectification of work safety. Hebei Province has made particular efforts in the field of hazardous chemicals, carrying out improvements in 72 chemical industrial parks across the province. Safety risk levels of these parks were re-evaluated on-site, and customized plans were developed for each park. This is what the reporter learned from a press conference on the safety production situation in Hebei Province for the first half of 2021, held by the Provincial **News Office on July 20. It is reported that this year, the supervision of hazardous chemicals safety in Hebei Province follows the overall approach of \"strict control, precise prevention, and scientific rescue.\" Focusing on \"prevention and three improvements,\" it aims to address major risks as well as enhance inherent safety, skill levels, and the capacity for information-based and intelligent management, striving to achieve breakthroughs and tangible results. Strengthen control at the source. A joint review mechanism for high-risk hazardous chemical projects has been established; the Provincial Emergency Management Department, together with the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Industry and Information Technology Department, carries out joint reviews prior to the registration of such projects, in order to strictly control the approval process for new projects that fall under the category of high risks such as those related to the \"two key areas and one major hazard\". Strengthen license management, and resolutely refuse to issue licenses to enterprises that do not meet safety requirements. Effectively prevent major risks. Strengthen the two forms of \"joint supervision\": the Provincial Emergency Management Department, in conjunction with the fire departments, conducts joint inspections of all enterprises and sites that pose significant hazards, while working together with the market regulation departments to enhance the supervision of the safety of pressure pipelines and pressure vessels. Two rounds of comprehensive inspections are carried out each year to create a coordinated approach to supervision. Effectively manage systemic risks in the park. Tough actions will be taken against illegal and irregular activities such as construction without approval, use before completion, discrepancies between approved plans and actual construction, illegal commissioning of facilities, unauthorized leasing, and unlawful storage. Comprehensively improve the level of automation and intelligence. Hebei Province has formulated the \"Target Requirements for the Tailored Transformation and Improvement of Hazardous Chemicals Enterprises in Hebei Province,\" organizing these enterprises to carry out automated upgrades, implement information-based and intelligent management systems, and improve the skills of employees as well as the efficiency of safety management. All monitoring and control data from chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises across the province are integrated into the hazardous chemicals safety production risk monitoring and early warning system for real-time surveillance ； Accelerate the development and implementation of intelligent supervision systems in chemical industrial parks, and use intelligent methods to effectively control unsafe human behaviors. The province promotes the development of information-based platforms for the “dual-control” mechanism, trains experts in mechanism construction, and ensures that controls are implemented at an earlier stage, that management takes place at the source, and that responsibilities are fully covered. Make efforts to improve the inherent safety level of the entire industry. Hebei Province has launched initiatives to enhance the emergency response capabilities for workers in high-risk positions, aiming to improve their ability to handle emergencies quickly and efficiently through regular emergency training. A comprehensive special campaign to relocate and eliminate personnel from the “five rooms” has been launched, in order to minimize the number of people in the production facility area and effectively prevent the occurrence of serious production safety accidents. Actions have been taken to improve the quality and capabilities of professionals, with clearer criteria established for their admission; those who do not meet requirements in terms of education background or specialty are not allowed to take up positions. Strengthen school-enterprise cooperation, establish industry-education alliances, carry out specialized training, focus on the development of practical training facilities, and strive to improve the competence of enterprise safety managers and personnel in key positions.