Yongji City has issued a public notice announcing a reward program for reporting illegal and unlawful "small chemical" operations, in accordance with the requirements of the Shanxi Provincial Work Safety Committee Office's notice on launching a special campaign to crack down on illegal "small chemical" operations and the Yuncheng Municipal Work Safety Committee Office's corresponding notice.

The initiative aims to further strengthen social oversight in the city's chemical industry, effectively curb and punish illegal and unlawful activities within the chemical sector, and ensure sustained and stable improvement in work safety across the city's chemical industry. The Yongji City Work Safety Committee Office has established a reporting hotline and welcomes government departments at all levels and the general public to actively report illegal and unlawful "small chemical" production activities.

Six manifestations of illegal and unlawful "small chemical" and "small pharmaceutical" operations

First, engaging in chemical or pharmaceutical production without a license or with incomplete licenses. Second, arbitrarily changing the scope of business operations to engage in chemical or pharmaceutical production in violation of laws and regulations. Third, conducting chemical or pharmaceutical production under the guise of "biological," "feed," "new materials," "pharmaceutical," "additives," "intermediates," or similar designations. Fourth, using abandoned courtyards, idle factory buildings, or other premises for chemical or pharmaceutical production. Fifth, engaging in chemical or pharmaceutical production through affiliation arrangements, leasing, or "factory-within-a-factory" schemes. Sixth, previously shut-down "small chemical" or "small pharmaceutical" operations that have resumed chemical or pharmaceutical production after being investigated and penalized.

Six manifestations of illegal and unlawful behavior by chemical and pharmaceutical production enterprises

First, using laboratory bench-scale or pilot-scale equipment for industrial-scale production. Second, arbitrarily downgrading industrial-scale equipment to bench-scale or pilot-scale use. Third, commencing production without a clearly identified process source or without prior safety and reliability assessment of the process, or putting safety facilities into use without completion acceptance inspection. Fourth, engaging in production without legally obtaining a license or beyond the licensed scope. Fifth, failing to implement change management systems by arbitrarily introducing new products, altering process technologies, or changing equipment scale. Sixth, failing to conduct physical hazard identification and classification for chemicals not listed in the Catalog of Hazardous Chemicals and whose physical hazards have not yet been determined.

Government departments at all levels and the general public are encouraged to actively monitor and report the aforementioned illegal and unlawful activities. The identities of whistleblowers will be kept strictly confidential, and those whose reports are verified will be rewarded in accordance with relevant regulations.

Reporting hotline: 0359-8032198

Reporting authority: Yongji City Emergency Management Bureau