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Ye Jingyu Wan Xiaoxiao

9 18, Haining City, Zhejiang Province town, a company called "Zhejiang Crystal Branch Energy Limited (hereinafter referred to as" Zhejiang Crystal Branch ") "the factory door, labeled a red background" Notice ": The company decided on at 9:00 on September 17, the solar cell production lines to stop production, the implementation of rectification. Notice is hereby!

last week, it became the focus of media attention. Zhejiang Crystal Branch's handling of environmental pollution, poor, with up to three days led to thousands of people participated in the groups of people.

engaged after the feedback, riots could have been avoided. According to local official confirmed that the Zhejiang Branch of the crystal is not a serious environmental issues, and local environmental protection departments have five months ago to the proposed rectification Jingke requirements.

but people doubt that, as a subsidiary of NYSE listed company, Zhejiang Jingke Why would the environmental protection department of the official documents as a piece of paper, not to delay the implementation? If not this incident, the Zhejiang Branch of the environmental problem is crystal will still be hanging around people's head in a "time bomb"? The face of doubt, both the government and enterprises are evasive or avoided.

Strong City, north of Zhejiang first "big event"

9 18, Zhejiang Jingke the road in front of dozens of local people and migrant workers out in the street side, place the night before talking of the "big event." Several construction workers wearing orange helmets, are busy installing a new expansion to the factory gate to the guard room fitted with new windows. Still exudes the air pungent odor.

Yuan Hua Town, the hometown of the famous writer Jin Yong, beautiful. Yuan Hua Town, Haining City, where, has always been known for economic development, known as "the first northern Zhejiang Strong City," only in the domestic A-share listed company that has six Haining.

from Zhejiang Jing Yuan Branch sits where the town government to spend a few hundred meters from the town center, with factories scattered around the town red Xiaocun Yuan spent hundreds of families.

with the Zhejiang Branch of the crystal factory all the way across, there is a small river. Jingke the fuse on the origins of the event. August 26, even after heavy rain the next two days, local villagers found the fish in this river almost all died overnight. Some of the villagers believe that this system caused by emissions of pollutants, Zhejiang Crystal Division, asked the relevant government departments to come forward the investigation.

9 7, the intervention of the relevant departments, Zhejiang JinkoSolar Chairman Li Xianhua Yuan spent in the comprehensive management of the town center to meet with villagers, head to answer questions raised by the villagers, but villagers business reply dissatisfaction. September 8, Hongxiao Village Sun Haifei publish information on the Internet, "said the company around the end of August (JinkoSolar) settled in the village of Hongxiao medical report came out this year, even six leukemia, 31 patients with cancer , while the red Xiaocun total population of only 3,300 people. "

and unsuccessful negotiations with the companies "seriously ill" Information stimulation, September 15 evening 7:30, more than 500 people gathered in front of the company, Zhejiang JinkoSolar on environmental pollution discussion to say. During some of the officers into the crystal Zhejiang Branch Energy, the eight cars overturned, causing part of the office supplies and damage to property. Disposal by the public security departments, the order under control, late 11:30, the crowd was persuaded scattered.

16 evening 8:30, Zhejiang JinkoSolar front of the company once again gather hundreds of onlookers, in this process, four police vehicles were damaged, including two police vehicles were overturned. As of 22:00, gathering dispersed staff, the situation under control. 17 evening, there are hundreds of people gathered again in Zhejiang Jingke door.

Haining City Public Security Bureau, according to informed, as at 20:30 on September 19th, a total of 14 criminal detention, administrative detention 17. Involving charges of disturbing public order, intentional destruction of property, theft and so on. Haining also the rest of the 100 police, "a minor who" had a legal education.

groups of three consecutive days after the incident, Zhejiang crystal families were asked to produce waste water, waste gas remediation stop the implementation of the production process, the contaminated section of river dredging, pumping the contaminated water into the sewage pipe network for processing and fined 470,000 yuan.

environmental protection department under the monitoring of Haining, Zhejiang Jingke accessories found excessive fluoride in water 10 times. In this regard, Deputy General Manager King JinkoSolar Zhaohui said that this is indeed Jingke solid waste pollution caused by improper handling, because the August 20 recall the termination of cooperation partners of waste, solid waste recycling is not new partners, did not enter the warehouse, lead nowhere waste piling up, by rainwater infiltration into the river, so that excessive fluoride.

crystal of subjects that the incident was an "accident", is a company due to bad weather, inadequate preparation.

pillar industries

Zhejiang Crystal Branch incident Yuan spent most of a company town, Haining is the first taxpayer. Its predecessor was founded in 2006, Zhejiang Sun Valley Energy Applied Technology Co., Ltd., in June 2009 listed companies in the United States JinkoSolar acquisition, rapid completion of plant expansion and vertical integration chain, the main production of solar photovoltaic cells and a small amount components. Zhejiang Branch of the parent crystal JinkoSolar Co., Ltd. was established five years but also, in May 2010 in the United States listed on the NYSE.

JinkoSolar the rapid rise after 2004 due to the global solar energy industry usher in the golden period of development, just three or four years, polysilicon prices that doubled ten times.

4 years, JinkoSolar from scratch, rapid growth. Here, JinkoSolar relationship with local governments, but also closer and closer.

2010 年 11 月 17 afternoon, JinkoSolar 13 billion of new investment and expansion of 3,000 MW of photovoltaic integration project started in Jiangxi Shangrao, Jiangxi province, city leaders said in a speech that day, 2011 years JinkoSolar main business income will exceed the range of Shangrao 10.0 billion to become the first big business Shangrao. JinkoSolar industrial projects are all completed by 2014 sales will exceed 500 billion yuan.

Haining Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau deputy director Chen Hongming, said, relatively speaking, Zhejiang Jingke environmental work done too badly.

probably sit tight in the first large local tax arrogance, intensified its conflict with the local population, coupled with other factors, eventually led to the incident.

In fact, the solar energy industry to bring Haining, hardly unknown in the industry. Haining solar energy industry nearly 20 years in 1992, Haining region buy from Beijing Tsinghua Solar coating technology, solar thermal become one of the first steps. 1996, American and converting the assembly from the tape recorders and began production of solar water heaters, due to low investment, simple equipment, eager to attract a large number of those. Founded in 2001 to open the window a big market, driving the growth of hundreds of companies, the rapid formation of industrial clusters, the current number of enterprises reached 650 or so in 2007, output value reached 45 billion yuan. China solar energy industry has become very important on the territory of a plate.

According to incomplete statistics, about 650 Haining area solar companies, the vast majority of enterprises are individual businesses. Haining Zhang Guoqiang, deputy director of Economic and Trade Bureau, at present Haining scale solar photovoltaic companies have 11, in 2010 output reached 7.3 billion, accounting for Haining 7.3% of GDP. January to August this year, the global PV industry downturn, Haining solar photovoltaic industry has done 5.5 billion yuan output value, contribution to GDP by 8.1 percentage points.

"Great Leap Forward" in fear

recent years, due to global market demand for the continuous improvement of photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic companies around everywhere.

Earlier this year, Zhejiang province by the letter of appointment issued by the PV industry development policy research that, through years of development, Zhejiang Province, the more obvious advantages of PV manufacturing, the total large scale. Solar cell production in Zhejiang Province in 2009 reached about 1200MWp, to become the second largest solar cell provinces. At present, Jiangsu accounted for 50 percent of domestic energy, Zhejiang accounted for 25%, the rest of the remaining market share from Jiangxi, Hebei, Shandong and other provinces divided.

2010, Zhejiang PV industry presents a wave of explosive growth. Up to now, 205 enterprises of Zhejiang total PV, of which nearly half was established in September last year after. This means that only one year, doubled the number of PV companies in Zhejiang Province.

Although the company's sales on the rise, and solve local employment, but also for the Government to increase the tax, but corporate environmental governance is not reassuring. And solar photovoltaic industry "Great Leap Forward" relatively, is the frequent occurrence of environmental protection industry.

example, CSG Solar Technology Co., Ltd. in April 2008 had been complaints. Subsequently, the Dongguan Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau found that the business generated in the production process of debugging a simple cleaning of waste water treatment after discharge, ordered to immediately stop debugging.

Apollo set up in Suzhou, Zhangjiagang PV Technology Co., Ltd. has also been the local environmental protection departments to dismantle its secret outfall. In addition, Anhui Jing Wei Solar Power Co., Ltd. is also part of the enterprise together with the local board of the environmental blacklist. Problems of these companies and sewage disposal for environmental violations.

2009 March Haimen Rui Gaoguang Photovoltaic Technology Development Co., Ltd. of water pollution control facilities in the same case without acceptance, without organization of production, China's Water Pollution Control Act violated the relevant provisions. In addition, photovoltaic Yangzhou Maxtor Kraft pulp Recycling Ltd's total population has also been found to discharge waste water efflux, some indicators are more than the "Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard."

how to deal with the economic conflict between development and environmental protection, has apparently become a test of local governments ability to govern a major problem.

crystal families after the events, many people began to leap-forward development of photovoltaic industry to worry. Zhejiang Lingyun, deputy director appointed by the letter in an interview with reporters, said: "This is just an isolated incident", the event will not affect the overall development of photovoltaic industry of Zhejiang.

Gun stressed, Zhejiang encourage the development of photovoltaic industry, but does not include the province's resources and the environment does not allow the silicon purification project.

In fact, Zhejiang Province, has clearly put forward earlier, "to reduce environmental pollution." According to Shen, Zhejiang Fuxin Solar Energy Industry Association analysis of purified polysilicon is energy-intensive industries, not the energy of Zhejiang province, not an advantage.

for JinkoSolar contamination, some experts pointed out that, in a sense, it can be said is a good thing. Zhejiang Development and Reform Institute Zhuoyong Liang had told the media: "This is an opportunity for the Government to think carefully, how to protect the business in development issues surrounding the health of residents", it can also do a business of all PV large rectification, the entire industry environmental standards.