Nandu editorial: absurd environmental assessment ignores the health of residents, who will supervise BYD

On September 26, Financial Network reported that BYD’s battery plant project in Longgang, Shenzhen has been strongly challenged by environmental protection agencies and local people. In the forums of some websites, the posts on BYD factories' emissions have also attracted the attention of many people. According to the report of the Southern Metropolis Daily on September 22, more and more owners smelled paint, garbage, plastic smell, and the above-mentioned mixed tastes. After the smell, they felt nausea, blocked throat, and difficulty breathing. , chest tightness and other symptoms.

According to reports, the battery factory, which is known as the world’s largest battery plant, was built only 100 meters away from the residential area. Quite surprisingly, this giant project took just seven days before the EIA. Even if we remove the three-day Dragon Boat Festival during the EIA, we actually passed the EIA in just four days. It is no wonder that some environmentalists have expressed their feelings: “A seven-day EIA can be considered as China's speed.” Even more incredible is that BYD has launched such a hurry, coupled with the environmental protection ministry responsible for the environmental assessment of the BYD Longgang battery plant project. The relevant person in charge was also happy to cooperate with BYD's time limit. The reason was that it was timely to obtain relevant subsidies from the state.

Another ridiculous thing is that the authenticity of the poll questionnaire in the EIA Report has also been widely questioned by local business owners. According to the “Public Participation Conclusion” in the “EIA Report”, said: “Acquisition surveys 135 questionnaires. According to the survey, 83.7% of respondents supported the construction of the project, and 16.3% of the respondents expressed their indifferent attitude. The interviewees opposed the project construction. All units of the survey supported the construction of this project.” This argument was challenged by many owners in Zhenye Valley. “We are the nearest public entity to the project, and it is the most affected and most affected by the project. Concern. But so far we have no more than 700 households and no one received a questionnaire survey. "Many owners said that "the 100% of the environmental assessment report does not oppose the construction of this project," the argument is even more nonsense."

In addition to the Yao Valley Community, there are also residential areas such as Nanyou Village, Xinjian Village and Xinsha Village around the BYD Plant. About 3,000 residents are affected. However, in the eyes of BYD, the land in the Longgang plant area was already planned as a land for battery plant construction as early as last August, and the type of land used was a type of industrial land. According to the provisions of current Chinese laws, this kind of land is an industrial land that basically does not interfere with and pollutes residential and public facilities. However, things are far from simple. According to the traditional process of battery production, it should be categorized as chemical industry. However, new energy battery projects are difficult to classify. Therefore, BYD’s ability to use the above-mentioned legal ambiguities is a must.

Of course, walking in Chinese society and bypassing loose laws cannot ensure the smooth implementation of major projects. Obtaining practical support from the government level is the more important guarantee. Before BYD got this land, the bicycle industrial agglomeration base known as Shenzhen's nine industrial agglomeration bases had already obtained the right to use the land, but was later assigned to BYD. In the meantime, the “recruitment, filming, and hanging” operation took only one month but the subsequent EIA took only seven days. Obviously, the project has maintained a staggering operational capability since its inception.

It is even more important to point out that BYD's environmental protection issues can be described as blemishes. To inquire about the more than ten major environmental protection administrative penalties disclosed by the Shenzhen Environmental Protection Department in 2005, BYD administers three companies. Shenzhen BYD Auto Co., Ltd. was repeatedly subjected to administrative penalties from the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection for excessive discharge of wastewater. According to limited public information, only BYD Auto's daily average discharged wastewater volume reached 1,465 tons during the period from March to September 2009, exceeding the allowable maximum daily displacement of 158.6 tons nearly 10 times.

However, in the face of BYD, disregarding the rights to environmental protection and even the basic livelihood and health of the nearby residents, we note with great regret that sparse laws do not tamed BYD. On the regulatory level of the government, it seems that the 7-day rush of EIA The local governments, which indicate that they are hungry for large projects, are not willing to let cooked BYD fly away because of environmental issues.

But in any case, the escaping of the raging capital for environmental responsibility has been known to people today. Apple needs to pay for the pollution of the foundry. As a direct polluter, BYD needs to bear the necessary responsibilities. Of course, we cannot place our hope on the conscience of capital itself. We hope to use social forces to carry out strong supervision. We also hope that governments with strong professional strength can respond to public opinion and engage in this matter as soon as possible, through a re-examination of BYD’s project. EIA questions to ensure the most basic right to life and health of nearby residents.