The Planning and Design of EcoIndustrial Parks in China.docVIP

? Papers Delivered at International Conference on?Cleaner ProductionBeijing, China -- September 2001 -- Paper?12 of 30 The Planning and Design of Eco-Industrial Parks in China? Ding-jiang CHEN, You-run LI*, Jing-zhu SHEN and Shan-ying HUDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P.R.China. Abstract: Projects of Eco-industrial Park (EIP) are initiated in China. In this paper three cases are introduced, which are carried out by the local authorities in corporation with the Industrial Ecology Center in Chemical Engineering Department of Tsinghua University. The projects are Zaozhuang EIP initiative in Shandong Province in North China, with key feature of transforming a traditional industrial zone to eco-industrial park; Quzhou EIP Initiative in Zhejiang Province in East China, with key feature of constructing web of material exchanges among dozens of chemical plants of various sizes; and Nanhai EIP initiative in Guangdong Province in South China, with key feature of developing environmental protection industry in a greenfield. The planning work focuses on identifying potential by-product exchanges, exploring possible water/energy cascading usage, modeling industrial symbiosis system, and developing EIP management information system. Keywords: Eco-Industrial Park, China 1. Introduction? Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) is an industrial system of planned materials and energy exchanges that seeks to minimize energy and raw materials use, minimize waste, and build sustainable economic, ecological and social relationships [1]. A number of EIP initiatives are emerging in recent years and undergoing a fast development in many countries [2]. China has experienced a rapid economic growth in the last twenty years. Now the country is facing a series of resource and environment issues, which have blocked the economys healthy development. As an effective economy and environment win-win strategy, the EIP concept has begun to be serious in consideration