PROGRESS REPORT ON THE PROJECT OF "PROMOTION OF CLEANER PRODUCTION DEMONSTRATIVE PROVINCES AND CITIES"

　　In November 1998, Cleaner Production Working Group proposed to demonstrate the mechanism of cleaner production in chosen province or city and study implementation on the CCICED second session second conference. The suggestion got the approval and support from China Council and was written into 《Recommendations from China Council to Chinese Government》. It is the first time for China to implement cleaner production demonstration project in a city and the project plays very significant role in promotion of cleaner production in the future. In the past year, with the help of China Council Secretariat, with the support of State Environmental Protection Administration and State Economic & Trade Commission, and under the guidance of UNEP, the working group carried out a large amount of work to promote the project implementation and got great achievements. The working status and the main achievements are reported as the following:

　　I. Define the objective of the project:

　　After careful consideration, the experts of CCICED cleaner production working group defined that the project had the following objectives:Raise the initiatives of the local government and the public by taking various measures, set up the mechanism for enterprises to carry out cleaner production. It means that the comprehensive pollution prevention measure is continuously applied in the production process, product design and the service sector. Improve the resource and energy efficiency through various measures and reduce the pollution harm to the environment.

　　The measures should include: legislation and enforcement, administrative institution, training and education, demonstration and research and development, etc.

　　Local leaders at various levels include: leaders at municipal level, industrial sector's level, enterprise leaders and even the leaders in the workshop. They will be the leaders and the backbone to promote cleaner production.

　　Public includes the workers and the common people, their participation can play a very important role in promoting and supervising CP implementation

　　Ⅱ. Define demonstrative provinces and cities:

　　Considering of the urban environmental quality, the current industrial structure and the original cleaner production foundation in provinces and cities have the important impact on the implementation of cleaner production. One province and one city have been chosen as the first batch to demonstrate cleaner production on the basis of investigation.

　　1) Taiyuan city is the capital of Shanxi province, the main coal producing base in China. Heavy industries are its main industrial pillar. Environmental pollution in this city is very serious and the water resource is in short . Therefore, the leaders and the public are all eager to find a way to change this situation. Some advanced persons and enterprises have already implemented cleaner production and certain foundation has been set up.

　　2) Shandong province. Under the support of international organizations, with the rapid development of industry, many cleaner production demonstrative projects have been carried out. Shandong province required to promote the plants experience and become a demonstrative province within the country. The above choices have be submitted to China Council Secretariat and have been approved by China Council in November 1998 and May 1999, respectively. Therefore, the work in Taiyuan was initiated in November and the work in Shandong provi

　　nce was just started.

　　Ⅲ. The progress of the project in Taiyuan:

　　Since the second conference of CCICED second session, cleaner production working group initiated the demonstration project of cleaner production implementation in Taiyuan on the basis of the action plan. Municipal government laid great importance on the issue and discussed with the working group for many times. The municipal government has done tremendous amount of effective work in the aspects of organization, training, program formulation, regulation compilation and projects determination.

　　1. Setting up leading group and working group for cleaner production implementation:

　　Leading group: In order to strengthen the leadership of the project, the cleaner production leading group was set up. Mr. Ji Xinfang, the secretary of municipal Party committee, is the group leader. Mr. Cao Zhonghou, the mayor, is the vice group leader. Ms. Ji Heping and Mr. Huo Rende, the vice mayors, are the directors of leading group office. From November 20th to December 20th, the leading group held five meetings to make the arrangement in the city and went to the enterprises to investigate and study many times in order to determine the demonstrative enterprises and projects.

　　Office: In order to do the routine project management, especially to make the cleaner production project combine with the technical modification in the large and medium sized enterprises, and provide support from technology to finance, Taiyuan cleaner production office was set up under the leadership of the leading group. The municipal economic commission plays the leading role of the office, several main departments such as municipal planning commission, municipal urban construction commission and environmental protection bureau participate in. The setting up of the office guarantees the smooth implementation of the project.

　　Cleaner production center: the center is mainly responsible for the promotion and transfer of cleaner production technology, information collection and dissemination, policies and regulation consultation, personnel training and education. It provides service to the enterprises.Cleaner production expert consulting group: It consists of the experts in cleaner production technology, legislation and policies. The experts introduce domestic and international advanced experiences to the leading group and office and provide recommendations and consultation on cleaner production.

　　2. Education and training

　　Education and training are the main content in promotion of cleaner production. To carry out demonstrative project, firstly, the decisionmakers in Taiyuan should understand what the cleaner production is, the significance of cleaner production to economic development and environmental protection and make the determination to promote cleaner production. Secondly, the leaders and technicians in certain number of enterprises should be trained, they should understand how to carry out cleaner production. Meanwhile, in order to get the support and supervision from the public, the public should also know about cleaner production.

　　In the past year, the training activities conducted by the working group included the following:

　　（1） Professor Qian Yi, the leader of the working group, made a presentation on the topic of " Cleaner Production and Sustainable Development" to more than 200 leaders and entrepreneurs in Taiyuan in December 1998. Basing on the instruction of Mr. Ji Xinfang, the secretary of municipal Party committee, the video of the presentation was broadcasted in Taiyuan TV station for a week. This has got very good effects and made the concept of cleaner production spread among the people in Taiyuan city.

　　（2） The training workshop conducted by National Cleaner Production Center to train enterprises leaders and cleaner production auditors in Taiyuan was run three times in February and June, 1999, respectively. Nearly 200 leaders and technicians from the enterprises were trained. Through training, they primarily mastered the way to carry out cleaner production in enterprises and to conduct cleaner production audit. Among the trainees, 70 technicians got the certification for cleaner production audit.

　　（3） In July, 1999, professor Xi Deli, a member of the working group, went to Taiyuan to give lessons to more than 200 leaders and technicians from local enterprises, and popularized the knowledge on cleaner production.

　　Through the above activities, the concept of cleaner production has been commonly recognized by leaders at various level and the public in Taiyuan. The consciousness to promote cleaner production has been greatly improved. A technical team has been trained for Taiyuan to promote cleaner production.

　　3. The inauguration was successfully held to start the project

　　After Taiyuan was defined by CCICED as the demonstration city on CP implementation, it was approved by State Economic and Trade Commission and SEPA to be the pilot city on cleaner production in China as well. This shows the great support from the two governmental agencies to CCICED.

　　After careful preparation, the inauguration was held in Taiyuan to start the project on March 18, 1999.

　　The inauguration got great support from UNEP, related ministries and Shanxi province. Mr. Shreshtha and Ms. Zhao Wei from UNEP, Mr. Qu Geping, the director of NPC environment and resources committee, Ms. Wang Jirong, vice administrator of SEPA, Ms. Zhao Jiarong, Deputy director of the Dept. of Comprehensive Utilization of Resources, State Economic and Trade Commission, the leaders from Ministry of Science and Technology and Tsinghua University, and the delegates from Shandong province were invited to the meeting. The leaders to attend the meeting from Shanxi province included: Mr. Zheng Shekui, deputy secretary of provincial Party committee, Ms. Liang Guoying, vice director of provincial people's congress, Mr. Xuejun, vice provincial governor and the leaders from related departments in the province.

　　The inauguration was ceremonious and practical. The participants exchanged the experiences and information. All the agenda of the meeting was successfully finished and the meeting have got good results.

　　Mr. Qu Geping, the director of NPC environment and resources committee and the deputy director of CCICED announced that Taiyuan was defined as the first "cleaner production demonstration city", and made important speech. He pointed out that cleaner production was the requirement of the new era and the trend of world industrial development. It was the basic mode of the production in 21st century. He hoped that a comprehensive plan on cleaner production should be formulated in Taiyuan and the targets in different phases should be set; In technical option, the technical modification should combine with technical renovation; the implementation of cleaner production should be integrated into the cultural and ideological progress.

　　On behalf of UNEP, Mr. Shreshtha made a warm speech, he stressed that cleaner production was an important way to realize sustainable development strategy and has got common recognition in the world. He highly praised that the establishment of demonstration city was a great beginning, it would exert far reaching influence to China and even other cities in the world in promotion of cleaner production. He encouraged Taiyuan city to make every effort to create experiences and indicated that UNEP would provide support in every aspect.

　　On behalf of Mr. Zhang Zhigang, deputy chief officer of State Economic and Trade Commission, Ms. Zhao Jiarong announced the notice on the approval to list Taiyuan as the national cleaner production pilot city and made a speech. She raised six important suggestions and recommendations:

　　（1）On the basis of investigation and study, formulate cleaner production program and its implementation plan, and integrate it into the municipal economic plan and social development plan.

　　（2）Study the formulation of local regulations and policies to encourage enterprises to carry out cleaner production.

　　（3）Insist that the enterprise is the main body to implement cleaner production, gradually set up cleaner production mechanism which meet the requirement of modern enterprise system.

　　（4）Choose typical large polluters and the enterprises which have good cleaner production foundation to implement demonstrative projects.

　　（5）Strengthen education and training on CP. Form good social environment to better promote cleaner production. Strengthen training, properly organize and implement cleaner production.

　　（6） Reinforce leadership.

　　Ms. Wang Jirong, vice administrator of SEPA announced the reply on the approval to list Taiyuan as the national cleaner production pilot city. She stressed in her speech that the environmental problem was very serious in Taiyuan. The tasks to treat pollution, improve environment and reach environmental goal were very heavy. Therefore, cleaner production is one of the effective measures.

　　Mr. Zheng Shekui, deputy secretary of provincial Party committee and Mr. Xue Jun, vice governor, made an important speech on the meeting and raised following hopes to Taiyuan:

　　（1）Cleaner production should be put in the 21st genda action plan;

　　（2）Cleaner production should be combined with "one control and two standard eaching";

　　（3）Starting work of cleaner production should be well done.

　　（4）Take cleaner production as an opportunity to enlarge opening to the outside world.

　　On the meeting, Mr. Cao Zhonghou, the mayor of Taiyuan city reported the action plan of implementing CP in Taiyuan. Mr. Zhang, the director of Shandong environmental protection bureau introduced the experiences they have got in implementation of cleaner production and the plan to further push forward cleaner production. Their speeches were warmly welcomed.

　　During the meeting, a ceremony was also held to invite the public in Taiyuan to sign on "International Cleaner Production Declaration". Thousands of people attended the signing ceremony. The delegates of the meeting also visited three pilot enterprises in Taiyuan; including Taiyuan Steel Company, Gangyu Group, and a Sewage Treatment plant.

　　All the delegates considered the meeting and the signing ceremony were very good beginning to push forward cleaner production in China and were very important not only to Taiyuan, but also to China and even other cities in the world.

　　4. Compilation of 《Middleterm and Longterm Plan for Cleaner Production inTaiyuan》

　　Under the leadership of cleaner production leading group in Taiyuan, the cleaner production office compiled 《Middleterm and Longterm Plan for Cleaner Production in Taiyuan》 (draft), and has submitted to the leading group. The cleaner production working group under CCICED has also discussed the plan and raised comments for further revision. The comments have been provided to the cleaner production office for their reference.

　　《Middleterm and Longterm Plan for Cleaner Production in Taiyuan》(draft) includes the following three parts:

　　（1）Social, economic and environmental situation in Taiyuan;

　　（2）Basic situation on cleaner production implementation in Taiyuan;

　　（3）Cleaner production development plan and targets on economic development and environment protection in 2001, 2005, 2010;

　　The plan analyses the social, economic and environmental situation in Taiyuan as the starting point, the main reasons for the serious environmental pollution in Taiyuan and existing main problems. It also summarizes the experience obtained in the past. Basing on this plan, the implementation plan in 2001, 2005 and 2010 was formulated. It sets the environmental protection targets and social economic development targets in different period and defines a number of cleaner production projects. The cleaner production audit and technical modification will be implemented in batches and by stages.

　　The plan is in the process of further revision and improvement.

　　5. Compilation of regulation on cleaner production in Taiyuan

　　As Taiyuan city was the first cleaner production pilot city defined by CCICED, State Economic and Trade Commission and SEPA. 《Regulation on Cleaner Production in Taiyuan》 will be the first comprehensive local policy on cleaner production. It not only provides legal basis and legal guarantee for Taiyuan city to carry out cleaner production, but also has a demonstrative function for other provinces and cities to formulate local regulations.

　　Taiyuan municipal Party committee and municipal government laid great emphasis on the formulation of《Regulation on Cleaner Production in Taiyuan》. The municipal government general office took the leading role in organizing the compilation. The content of the regulation (draft) included: (1) general principles, (2) operating mechanism (3) supervision system, (4) legal responsibility, and (5) supplementary articles. The regulation will guide, promote and guarantee cleaner production in Taiyuan.

　　6. Cleaner production audit and implementation in some enterprises

　　Under the leadership of the leading group, a batch of enterprises in Taiyuan have initiated cleaner production audit and implemented cleaner production alternatives and have got certain achievements. Gang Yu group carried out some cleaner production projects in spring, 1999, which greatly reduced the emission of air pollutant and increased the utilization amount of solid wastes. Currently, the group is cooperating with the Department of Engineering, Tsinghua University and plans to further utilize solid wastes to raise resource utilization rate and reduce pollution emission. Taiyuan Iron and Steel Complex has finished the preevaluation of cleaner production and raised more than 200 cleaner production alternatives to implement; Taiyuan Cement Plant started a plan to build it as a garden factory; Incinerator for disposing pharmaceutical garbage experimented by Feng Ya company was a success.

　　Basing on the implementation plan, 10 enterprises will finish cleaner production audit and start implementation in 1999.

　　To support the implementation of cleaner production in the enterprises, municipal economic and trade commission decided to allocate 20 million yuan.

　　7. The fourth meeting of CCICED cleaner production working group was held

　　After the meeting was held to start the project in Taiyuan city, the cleaner production working group held the fourth meeting from March 19 to 20, 1999. The domestic and foreign experts of the working group conducted thorough discussion on the action plan of Taiyuan city and highly praised the work that the leaders in Taiyuan city have done to promote cleaner production. The main conclusions of the meeting is as the following:

　　（1）Members of the working group agreed unanimously that the inauguration held in Taiyuan and the signing ceremony were very successful. It is a good start for the promotion of cleaner production in Taiyuan city.

　　（2）Through discussion, the working group considered the targets, contents, measurements and arrangements stipulated in the "Action plan for implementing cleaner production in Taiyuan city" were preliminarily feasible and was willing to try its best to help Taiyuan city to implement the plan. The comments and suggestions raised by the members of working group will be summarized by the secretariat and submitted to the leading group in Taiyuan city for their reference.

　　（3）The working group considered that a long erm program should be formulated on the basis of the "Action plan" in order to improve environmental quality and promote the sustainable development in Taiyuan city. The plan to promote cleaner production should be integrated into the economic development plan, environmental quality improvement plan and the plan on sustainable utilization of natural resources. UNEP will help Taiyuan city to find international support.

　　（4）After discussion, the working group made an agreement that the focus of the working group before September, 1999 include:

　　Participate in the compilation of the long erm program and prepare documents to strive for international support;

　　Participate in the compilation of regulation on cleaner production in Taiyuan city and start the policy study to promote cleaner production;

　　Help to conduct training and education program on cleaner production;

　　Guide and participate in cleaner production audit;

　　Study the evaluation indicator system of the demonstrative enterprises and cities on cleaner production;

　　Promote research and development of cleaner production technology in Taiyuan city.

　　The detailed work plan of the above will be coordinated and formulated with concerned people in Taiyuan city.

　　(5) Foreign experts in the working group will provide following help:

　　Provide related information of other countries for reference, arrange oversea study tours;

　　Provide comments and suggestions on the work to be done in Taiyuan city;

　　Help Taiyuan city seek international support in technology and finance.

　　(6) Dr. Lao Changchun, foreign member of the working group also warmly committed to provide following help to Taiyuan city.

　　Organize experts from CIDA to carry out cleaner production audit in one enterprise each year in Taiyuan. It will take three years to finish the work. All cost will be born on CIDA;Provide to Taiyuan city the achievements of the cleaner production policy study carried out by CIDA in China; Provide two training videotapes in Chinese version produced by Sino Canadian cleaner production project.

　　(7) The working group highly appreciated the sense of responsibility of the leaders and the public in Taiyuan and the achievements already obtained in the promotion of cleaner production. The working group suggested that more local people should be attracted to participate in the work.

　　Ⅳ. Institutional strengthening and changes of the cleaner production working group

　　Since Mr. Katsuo Seiki, foreign cochair of the working group, died in August, 1998, the position kept vacant. Mr. Brewster was invited to take some responsibilities. In June, 1999, Japan Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute informed the working group that their institute had decided to let Mr. Tsugio Ide take over the executive director. Therefore, he will be the foreign cochair of the working group.

　　Ms.Liang Boqing, Chinese expert in the working group, died of cancer in May, 1999. This is a great loss to the working group. After consideration, the working group plans to invite Mr. Yang Zaipeng, the director of the Research Institute of Environmental Protection for Chemical Industry, to be the expert of the working group and applies for Secretariat's approval.

　　Ⅴ. Recommendations on further promotion of cleaner production in China

　　After one year's work, we feel keenly, to promote cleaner production implementation in cities is a beneficial and achievable undertaking for environmental protection and sustainable development in China.

　　On the conference of National People's Congress held in March, premier Zhu Rongji clearly stressed in the first time to encourage cleaner production in his "government working report". It shows that implementation of cleaner production has been listed into the government agenda of China, This is the greatest support and the requirement from the government.

　　After the meeting held on March 19-20, cleaner production working group extensively introduced the action plan and the significance of the project and got the attention and high opinion from the personalities of various circles. In June, 1999, professor Qian Yi, the group leader of the working group attended the round table conference on cleaner production in AsianPacific regions held in Australia and introduced the project to all the participants and got general approval. At present, UNEP, UNDP, ADB and other international organizations have showed their willingness to provide help in various ways.

　　In May, 1999, State Economic and Trade Commission issued a notice to choose another 10 cities as the pilot cities to carry out cleaner production. These cities include Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, and etc. Meanwhile, cleaner production will be further promoted in five sectors, such as chemical industry sector, Petrolane and chemistry sector, etc. These steps greatly encourage the working group. The rapid expansion of the demonstration cities to ten cities and five sectors under the leadership of State Economic and Trade Commission indicates a great leap in the promotion of cleaner production in China both in scale and in quality. This will greatly push forward the implementation of cleaner production in China.

　　In order to accelerate the implementation of cleaner production in China, the working group raises following suggestions:

　　1. Cleaner production is not only a new strategy in industrial development, but also should be considered as the new strategy in all sectors development. Therefore, on one hand, the cleaner production concept and method should be spread to infrastructure sector, agriculture sector, transportation sector, communication sector, architecture sector and some service sectors, in order to integrate it with the change of the economic growth modality. On the other hand, some important and urgent development problems should be integrated into the framework of thecleaner production implementation. These problems include: the adjustment of industrial structure, the optimization of energy structure, the reform of price system, the development of clean coal technology, the establishment of investment mechanism beneficial to cleaner production implementation and the enhancement of the technical support to small and mediumsized enterprises.

　　2. The experience and method in demonstration cities should be adopted as soon as possible. The corresponding necessary institutions, such as cleaner production office, cleaner production center and cleaner production consulting group, etc., should be set up at municipal level and sector level to promote cleaner production in different places.

　　3. It is suggested that cleaner production annual plan and longterm program should be formulated at local level and sector level. The targets in the field of information, training, legislation, development of science and technology, demonstration projects, establishment of recycling system and should be clearly defined and implemented.

　　4. Some tools which can push the implementation of cleaner production should be developed and improved, such as:

　　Collection of basic data;

　　Green GDP;

　　Indicator system which can measure the progress of cleaner production implementation;

　　Simplify the evaluation procedure of cleaner production;

　　Formulate life cycle assessment methodology of the product with Chinese characteristics within the principle framework of ISO14000 and establish corresponding database;

　　Develop methodology for product ecological design;

　　Plan and demonstration of industrial ecological garden

　　Ⅵ. Preliminary consideration of next year's work of the working group

　　The working group's detailed work plan will be discussed in the next working group meeting. The following is the preliminary consideration:

　　（1）Continuously help Taiyuan city to conduct various works on the demonstration city on cleaner production, which include:

　　Formulation of middle and long term plan on cleaner production;

　　Formulation of cleaner production regulation;

　　Construction of cleaner production demonstration plant;

　　Study and formulation of indicator system to monitor cleaner production enterprises and cities;

　　（2）During the period of 1999 to 2000:

　　Organize an oversea study tour;

　　Help Taiyuan city organize an exhibition & conference to attract investment;

　　Hold a national seminar on cleaner production.

　　（3）Discuss with Shandong province on the construction of cleaner production demonstration province and help the project initiated soon.

　　There are also some difficulties and problems existing in the working group's work, the working group hopes to get support from CCICED and related international organizations:

　　1) Lack of fund. Currently, the working group has not collected enough funds from related ministries in China or international organizations to support the cleaner production project in Taiyuan.

　　2) Close contact with advanced enterprises abroad has not been established yet. The close relation would be helpful for domestic institutions to get support in the aspects of cleaner production technology, information and fund.