4.Solid Waste Management

Further strengthen the management of solid waste, organized and write<The Pollution Control Planning of Guangdong Solid Waste> and appeared to the provincial government. Emphasized in the promotion of recycle and minimize, non-hazardable of solid waste. Enhance in the supervision degree in provincial solid waste recycle and reused key region, and solved the environmental pollution problem caused by the old and waste material demolished in Qingyuan Long tang Town on time. July, the provincial government has held the East Guangdong environmental pollution control meeting, and has put forward the request of the provincial solid waste control work, make detailed arrangement and ask for general reorganization in the demolishment industry.

Being approved by CEPA, the Guangdong Urban Radiation Storage started operation in December 2001. Having been operating for over one year, the storage operation is normal, safety and reliable, also provide a better condition for the safety storage, treatment and disposal of radiation waste and waste radiation source from science research, medical, industrial, agricultural production.

5.Environmental Science and Technology

Keep on with the management of environmental protection technology project and technology development and research. ¡±The environmental impact of key nuclide in efflux from Pressurized-water reactor nuclear power station discharged to sea and the ecological research of gulf¡± and other 2 environmental science and technology progress has awarded the third prize of Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. ¡°Electrical catalyzed oxidation treating non-degradation high concentration organic waste water treatment technology¡±and other 2 environmental practical technologies have been approved as the promoting project of national key environmental practical technology. Besides, the supervision and management of Environmental Science and Technology developing projects that are undergoing is strengthened.

Active in the promotion of recognition system of environmental qualification, strengthen in the management of environmental industry market standardization. Keep on with the examination of environmental engineering design qualification, has approved and issued 16 environmental engineering design certificates (Grade C) in 7 terms, recommended 6 Grade B and 12 companies for operation qualifications of environmental protection facilities. This made great help in standardized the provincial environmental industry market, guaranteed the design quality of environmental project. Keep on with the cognizance of national environmental label products, has examined and reported 56enterprises for its application of environmental label products. Till December, among the 400 company with national I certificate of environmental label, Guangdong has 100 of them; Guangdong EPB has been awarded theOrganization Prize of China Environmental Label , issued by the China Environmental Label Products Cognizance Committee.

Being active in the promoting of Guangdong Cleaner Production action. According to the <Cleaner Production Promotion Law of PRChina>> issued by the 9th NPC Standing Committee, the Guangdong economic committee, science and technology bureau, and EPB have issued together the first 11 production technology supporting enterprises, so as to speed up the implementation path of cleaner production. In the mean time, based on the free will of the companies, being recommended by city authorities and approved by Guangdong EPB, the first 55 companies have been approved as the experimental enterprise of cleaner production.

6. Environmental Protection Industry

The environmental industry has been enlarged in year 2002. In the management of the environmental engineering design certificates, up till now, 5 companies have environmental engineering design certificates (Grade A), 43 with environmental engineering design certificates (Grade B), and 88 with environmental engineering design certificates (Grade C), 8 companies from other provinces with environmental engineering design certificates (Grade A) have put on records in Guangdong EPB. On the first half year, Guangdong EPB has accepted applications from 28 companies, approved 16 Grade C, recommended 6 Grade B; on the second half year, accepted 20 applications, approved 7 Grade C, recommended 2 Grade A.As in the management of operation qualifications of environmental protection facilities, 56 firms have obtain the operation qualifications of environmental protection facilities up till now.