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discharge standards. The standard limit for the COD shall be 60 mg/L concentration
in key protected areas and 100 mg/L in general protected areas, which is 4–7 times
stricter than the original national standard. The discharge limit of enterprises is no
longer determined by industry, but instead, by the location of the enterprise in the
river basin. In essence, it put an end to the “discharge privilege” enjoyed by the
heavily-contaminating industries.
3. Results
The implementation of an open and transparent standard system that’s foreseeable
for the enterprises announced the progress of eliminating backward productivity
in the form of digital laws and regulations. It has significantly boosted the technical advancement in environmental protection and promoted the development of
advanced productivity in the paper industry. Major paper-making enterprises and
relevant scientific research institutions in Shandong Province have invested heavily
in convening domestic and foreign experts to tackle key sci-tech problems and remove
technical obstacles in the pulping process and advanced wastewater treatment and
reuse, leading to the substantial improvement in technology. The major sci-tech
project “Research on Advanced Treatment and Reuse Technology of Wastewater
from Papermaking” launched by Shandong Academy of Environmental Sciences
has achieved an important breakthrough that has been put into application in seven
provinces and municipalities. A number of technologies developed by Huatai Group,
including “Research and Application of Optimal Control System for Pulp Making
and Alkali Recovery Process,” won the second-class National Award for Sci-Tech
Progress. Shandong Tranlin Group boasts over 200 patents in environmental protection and circular economy, in addition to its technique of “triple uses of grass” that
realized the comprehensive utilization of all wheat straw. In July 2011, the Ministry
of Environmental Protection went above the policies for grass-pulp paper industry
and approved the project for comprehensive utilization of 1.5 million tons of straw
per year by Tranlin Group, indicating a major breakthrough in the transformation
and development of the paper industry in Shandong Province. In 2014, the State of
Virginia in the United States invited wheat-straw papermaking companies to invest
and build factories there, offering an award of $ 5 million to companies. As such,
the wheat-straw pulping and paper industry in Shandong Province, once labelled
as “backward,” went through transformation and upgrading under the pressure of
local environmental standards, overcome the environmental problems and became
the “white swan” in the eyes of Americans.
Since 2003, Shandong has not taken administrative measures to shut down any
paper-making enterprises above designated size, and the government has not granted
subsidies or provided support for laid-off workers. Under the guidance of local
standards, enterprises have taken a path of transformation and restructuring. The
advanced enterprises directly aimed at the standards set for eight years later, invested
heavily to tackle key technical problems, and played a leading role in the transformation and development of the entire industry. Some enterprises, aware that it is
impossible to meet the environmental standards set for eight years later, made use of
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discharge standards. The standard limit for the COD shall be 60 mg/L concentration
in key protected areas and 100 mg/L in general protected areas, which is 4–7 times
stricter than the original national standard. The discharge limit of enterprises is no
longer determined by industry, but instead, by the location of the enterprise in the
river basin. In essence, it put an end to the “discharge privilege” enjoyed by the
heavily-contaminating industries.
3. Results
The implementation of an open and transparent standard system that’s foreseeable
for the enterprises announced the progress of eliminating backward productivity
in the form of digital laws and regulations. It has significantly boosted the technical advancement in environmental protection and promoted the development of
advanced productivity in the paper industry. Major paper-making enterprises and
relevant scientific research institutions in Shandong Province have invested heavily
in convening domestic and foreign experts to tackle key sci-tech problems and remove
technical obstacles in the pulping process and advanced wastewater treatment and
reuse, leading to the substantial improvement in technology. The major sci-tech
project “Research on Advanced Treatment and Reuse Technology of Wastewater
from Papermaking” launched by Shandong Academy of Environmental Sciences
has achieved an important breakthrough that has been put into application in seven
provinces and municipalities. A number of technologies developed by Huatai Group,
including “Research and Application of Optimal Control System for Pulp Making
and Alkali Recovery Process,” won the second-class National Award for Sci-Tech
Progress. Shandong Tranlin Group boasts over 200 patents in environmental protection and circular economy, in addition to its technique of “triple uses of grass” that
realized the comprehensive utilization of all wheat straw. In July 2011, the Ministry
of Environmental Protection went above the policies for grass-pulp paper industry
and approved the project for comprehensive utilization of 1.5 million tons of straw
per year by Tranlin Group, indicating a major breakthrough in the transformation
and development of the paper industry in Shandong Province. In 2014, the State of
Virginia in the United States invited wheat-straw papermaking companies to invest
and build factories there, offering an award of $ 5 million to companies. As such,
the wheat-straw pulping and paper industry in Shandong Province, once labelled
as “backward,” went through transformation and upgrading under the pressure of
local environmental standards, overcome the environmental problems and became
the “white swan” in the eyes of Americans.
Since 2003, Shandong has not taken administrative measures to shut down any
paper-making enterprises above designated size, and the government has not granted
subsidies or provided support for laid-off workers. Under the guidance of local
standards, enterprises have taken a path of transformation and restructuring. The
advanced enterprises directly aimed at the standards set for eight years later, invested
heavily to tackle key technical problems, and played a leading role in the transformation and development of the entire industry. Some enterprises, aware that it is
impossible to meet the environmental standards set for eight years later, made use of