https://www.scmp.com/rss/500336/feed Dozens were killed and hundreds more injured in an explosion at the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant at the Chenjiagang Industrial Park in Yancheng, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on March 21, 2019. The explosion was so powerful that the China Earthquake Administration reported it had detected a magnitude 2.2 earthquake believed to be from the blast. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China’s natural gas distributors are expected to step up inspection of industry-wide facilities following a deadly explosion this week, pushing safety issues, operational risks andcorporate governance to the forefront of the state agenda. At least 25 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a gas pipe exploded in a market in Shiyan in central Hubei province on Sunday, prompting President Xi Jinping to order officials to “stay vigilant and politically sensitive” in preventing major... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3137405/corporate-esg-deadly-china-gas-explosion-pushes-industrys?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3137405/corporate-esg-deadly-china-gas-explosion-pushes-industrys?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jun 2021 04:00:21 +0000 An explosion at a chemical plant in the central Chinese province of Hubei has killed five people and injured one. The incident took place around 2.15pm on Monday at a plant inside the Yuekou Industrial Park in the city of Tianmen, west of the provincial capital Wuhan, according to a notice from Hubei’s emergency management department. Search and rescue efforts were under way, and the injured person was taken to hospital. The notice said the plant was owned by the Tianmen Chutian Fine Chemical... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3103403/chemical-plant-explosion-central-china-kills-5-people?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3103403/chemical-plant-explosion-central-china-kills-5-people?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:29:41 +0000 A crackdown on the chemical sector by the Chinese government is having a bigger impact on businesses than the US-China trade war, according to an industry association official, with supply chains disrupted by tough inspections and plant closures. China has launched a series of inspection campaigns aimed at tackling illegal or irregular chemical production after a lethal explosion at an industrial park in Jiangsu province killed 78 people and injured dozens more in March. The blast in the coastal... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3020781/chinas-chemical-crackdown-having-more-impact-business-us-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3020781/chinas-chemical-crackdown-having-more-impact-business-us-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Jul 2019 06:26:10 +0000 The local government in Yancheng city in eastern China has decided to close down the ruined chemical plant where an explosion killed 78 people last month. The March 21 blast at the site owned by the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical Company was the deadliest industrial accident in China since the 2015 Tianjin port warehouse explosion that killed 173. The decision follows a pledge by Jiangsu’s provincial government on Monday to slash the number of chemical production enterprises from 5,433 in 2017 to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3004833/chinese-city-shuts-down-chemical-plant-after-explosion-killed-78?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3004833/chinese-city-shuts-down-chemical-plant-after-explosion-killed-78?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Apr 2019 08:30:10 +0000 The industrial park in eastern China where an explosion 10 days ago killed at least 78 people was allegedly set up without a proper planning process, and local officials have been accused of taking bribes in exchange for ignoring the safety risks there. That’s according to an engineer who has worked closely with the Chenjiagang Industrial Park in Xiangshui county, Yancheng, and the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant where the accident happened. The engineer told official newspaper Beijing Youth... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3004030/chinese-industrial-park-where-chemical-factory-blast-happened?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3004030/chinese-industrial-park-where-chemical-factory-blast-happened?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:00:12 +0000 A man from northern China has been arrested for spreading rumours that 18 firefighters were killed by toxic fumes while responding to Thursday’s pesticide factory explosion in Yancheng, Jiangsu province. Investigators alleged that the suspect, a 21-year-old surnamed Shi from Shanxi province, “had fabricated and spread false rumours online, causing confusion and disturbing public order”, Yancheng city police said on Sunday. On Friday, the man used Chinese internet company Baidu’s Tieba internet... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3003173/chinese-man-arrested-spreading-rumours-18-firefighters-were?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3003173/chinese-man-arrested-spreading-rumours-18-firefighters-were?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:43:39 +0000 The death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China last week has risen to 78, of whom 56 have been identified. Cao Lubao, mayor of the city of Yancheng, Jiangsu province, said on Monday that the number of fatalities had increased from 64 on Sunday. The authorities said over the weekend that more than 600 people had been injured in the explosion at the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant on Thursday. The death toll makes the incident the deadliest industrial accident in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3003149/death-toll-chinese-chemical-plant-blast-rises-78?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3003149/death-toll-chinese-chemical-plant-blast-rises-78?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:39:00 +0000 Pollution containment has been stepped up and rescue operations expanded in response to Thursday’s deadly pesticide plant explosion in the city of Yancheng, Jiangsu province, with officials reporting leakage from chemical storage tanks on site. The blast killed at least 64 people and injured 604 others, according to the latest official figures, while another 28 people were still reported missing. Yancheng mayor Cao Lubao on Sunday said the scope of the rescue efforts after the blast at the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3003072/pollution-containment-stepped-site-yancheng-chemical-factory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3003072/pollution-containment-stepped-site-yancheng-chemical-factory?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Mar 2019 14:45:50 +0000 As Zhu Han set about repairing the damage to his family home caused by the explosion at a fertiliser factory in east China he knew the worst job was still to come: telling his two children their mother was dead. The youngsters, aged 10 and seven, were away at boarding school on Thursday afternoon when the blast at the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant tore through the local neighbourhood, levelling an entire industrial estate and leaving a trail of destruction and death. After school on Friday,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3003036/chinese-villagers-begin-rebuilding-their-homes-and-lives-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3003036/chinese-villagers-begin-rebuilding-their-homes-and-lives-after?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Mar 2019 07:52:00 +0000 The team investigating a deadly blast at a pesticide plant in eastern China on Thursday, in which at least 64 people were killed and 640 were hurt, has criticised local authorities and company bosses for failing to rectify safety problems identified in earlier accidents. Local residents meanwhile said there had been small explosions in the past at the Chenjiagang Industrial Park in Jiangsu province – where the plant is located – but they took the risk of staying there because they relied on the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002990/china-chemical-blast-disaster-waiting-happen-investigators-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002990/china-chemical-blast-disaster-waiting-happen-investigators-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:33:47 +0000 Beijing said late on Friday it had sent a senior cabinet official to the site of a chemical plant blast in eastern China and set up a central government task force to investigate the cause of Thursday’s explosion. But it was cold comfort to residents and environmental groups in Yancheng who believe the explosion at the Chenjiagang industrial park – which left at least 64 people dead and injured more than 600 – could prove their concerns over safety and pollution at the factory were valid. Zhang... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3002949/china-sends-task-force-probe-blast-chemical-plant-where-green?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3002949/china-sends-task-force-probe-blast-chemical-plant-where-green?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:15:11 +0000 Survivors of the devastating chemical plant blast in eastern China told on Friday how they had seen giant fireballs exploding and children being shot into the air by the force of the blast. As rescuers continued to search for survivors following Thursday’s explosion in Jiangsu province, those caught up in the “earth-shattering” blast recounted the scenes of destruction that they had witnessed in its aftermath and said that people living 10km away from the blast site had been left choking on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002941/chinese-chemical-plant-survivors-relive-horror-earth-shattering?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002941/chinese-chemical-plant-survivors-relive-horror-earth-shattering?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:15:04 +0000 A deadly plant explosion in eastern China rocked chemical sector stocks in the country’s A share market on Friday, with shares of companies where employees were killed and production shut down sinking. Major dye producers, on the other hand, soared on expectations that dye prices could spike because of tightened supply of a chemical compound. “The explosion will have a direct impact on the supply of m-Phenylenediamine, a chemical intermediary used in producing dyes,” Bai Juntian, a Beijing-based... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3002912/chemical-plant-explosion-sends-china-dye-stocks-surging?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3002912/chemical-plant-explosion-sends-china-dye-stocks-surging?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:38:32 +0000 The blast at the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant has left at least 64 dead and 640 injured, while around 3,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes. But it is not the most deadly industrial accident in China in recent years. In 2016 alone, 22,436 people died in work-related incidents, according to China’s government labour statistics. China has long grappled with workplace safety, largely due to lax enforcement of regulations and negligence. Here are the incidents that caused major loss... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002908/explosions-and-landslides-worst-industrial-accidents-china-2014?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002908/explosions-and-landslides-worst-industrial-accidents-china-2014?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:58:28 +0000 At least 47 people are dead and 640 are injured, 90 of them seriously, after an explosion in a chemical plant in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on Thursday. The Yancheng municipal government said in a statement on Friday that nearly 3,000 people – employees of nearby plants and local residents – had been evacuated after the blast at the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant, which had the force of a minor earthquake. Executives of the plant have been taken into police custody and schools and... https://www.scmp.com/china/explosion-jiangsu-tianjiayi-chemical-plant-leaves-many-dead-and-injured/article/3002837?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/explosion-jiangsu-tianjiayi-chemical-plant-leaves-many-dead-and-injured/article/3002837?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:52:09 +0000 Injured residents scrambled for medical help after a blast at a chemical plant in eastern China’s Jiangsu province erupted with the force of a minor earthquake, killing at least 47 people. In the hours before dawn on Friday, injured people streamed into the emergency ward at Xiangshui People’s Hospital, one of the biggest hospitals in Xiangshui county, about 300km (186 miles) north of Shanghai. Dozens of relatives waited anxiously outside the hospital’s casualty area, which was guarded by the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002786/china-chemical-explosion-grieving-relatives-and-villagers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002786/china-chemical-explosion-grieving-relatives-and-villagers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2019 03:27:16 +0000 Executives of a chemical plant in China’s Jiangsu province have been taken into police custody after an explosion on Thursday killed at least 64 people, injured 640 others and polluted areas several kilometres away. Cao Lubao, mayor of Yancheng, where the blast occurred, said on Friday that nearly 3,000 people – employees of nearby plants and residents – had been evacuated after the explosion at the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant in the township of Chenjiagang, which left a giant... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002772/jiangsu-chemical-plant-explosion-death-toll-reaches-44-32?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002772/jiangsu-chemical-plant-explosion-death-toll-reaches-44-32?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2019 01:28:59 +0000 More than 900 firefighters are battling a blaze that erupted after a powerful explosion ripped through a pesticide plant in eastern China on Thursday, killing at least six people and badly injuring dozens of others, including children. State-run news agency Xinhua reported that the blast occurred at a plant owned by Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical at the Chenjiagang Industrial Park in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, just before 3pm. The explosion was so powerful that the China Earthquake Administration... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002686/injuries-reported-after-explosion-chinese-pesticide-plant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3002686/injuries-reported-after-explosion-chinese-pesticide-plant?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:09:52 +0000