By the end of 2013, China had 28,000 petrochemical businesses with a gross industrial output value of $2.1 trillion. A pipeline explosion in Qingdao in November 2013 killed 62 people and injured 136, causing $752 million in direct losses. While China has enacted over 40 safety laws and standards since 1990, operators focus on on-site hazards and government agencies on on-site enforcement, overlooking community vulnerability and risks and losing community support due to a lack of emergency preparedness guidelines involving local stakeholders.

1.  By the end of 2013, China boasted 28,000 petrochemical businesses
 Gross industrial output value US $2.1 trillion
Qingdao crude oil pipeline explosion on Nov. 22nd, 2013
62 deaths, 136 injuries, direct loss RMB 752M
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ParaXylene
Anti-PX demonstrations since 2007
Seven new refinery construction
projects have been halted

2.  More than 40 laws and rules on work safety have been enacted since 1990
 More than 600 national standards on hazardous chemicals
 More than 1400 national standards on environmental protection
 Operators focus on addressing on-site hazards
 Government agencies focus on on-site enforcement
 Vulnerability and risk of the communities overlooked
 Community support lost
 Lack of ground level tools or guidelines for the stakeholders to work
together for comprehensive emergency preparedness involving the
community
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3.  Need to build the community support
 Need to build the public trust
 The idea of “Open to the Public” has been gradually accepted by the
industry and the government
APELL workshop, 5 years ago
about 60 participants
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APELL workshop, this year
about 180 participants