Embark on a new journey through partnership | Everbright Environment signs new agreements with several parties involved in construction of Xiongan New Area Waste Integrated Treatment Project Phase I

The Xiongan New Area ("Xiongan") unveils a new chapter in ecological protection during this picturesque early autumn. On 16 September, a signing ceremony relating to Xiongan Waste Integrated Treatment Project ("Xiongan Project") Phase I was successfully held at the Hebei Xiongan Everbright Ecological and Environmental Park Company Ltd. Assigned by Wang Tianyi, CEO of China Everbright Environment Limited ("Everbright Environment"), Hu Yanguo, Deputy General Manager of Everbright Environment, attended the ceremony. Tian Jinchang, Xiongan New Area Communist Party of China (CPC) Working Committee Deputy-Secretary, also participated in the event.



At the signing ceremony, Everbright Environment entered into a concession agreement with the Reform and Development Bureau under the Xiongan New Area Management Committee, as well as a partnership agreement with China Xiongan Group Ecological Development and Investment Company Ltd. ("Xiongan Group") and China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Ltd. ("CCSEB"). It also signed an engineering, procurement and construction ("EPC") agreement with CCSEB. Pursuant to these agreements, Everbright Environment will strive to carry out relevant work to serve the development of Xiongan.

On behalf of Wang Tianyi, Hu Yanguo extended his appreciation to Xiongan New Area's CPC Working Committee and Management Committee as well as Xiongan Group for their trust in and support of Everbright Group and Everbright Environment. He noted that it was an honour and also responsibility for Everbright Environment to play a part in the only waste integrated treatment project in Xiongan, as the development of Xiongan is regarded of national significance and of strategic importance for millennia to come. He added that Everbright Environment will fully leverage its expertise in environmental protection, to carry out the construction and development work relating to the project in a more holistic manner and with a long-term view.



Under the pressure of a tight timetable and heavy workloads, Hu Yanguo hoped that all parties involved could, under the overall planning of Xiongan New Area's CPC Working Committee and Management Committee as well as Xiongan Group, capitalise on their core resources and strictly follow the project schedule, in a bid to develop Xiongan Project in a better and faster way. Hu pointed out that Everbright Environment will continue to adhere to its corporate mission of being "Devoted to Ecology and Environment for a Beautiful China", and sticks to its corporate pursuit of "Creating Better Investment Value and Undertaking More Social Responsibility", in order to fulfill its responsibilities as a centrally-administered state-owned enterprise. It will also hold fast to its ethos of "Prioritising Quality and Pursuing Perfection", implementing the most stringent standards and adopting the best technologies on the back of the strongest team to pursue the highest goals. In doing so, the Group will put into practice the vision of "zero-waste cities" to the fullest extent with a greater sense of urgency and responsibility, in an effort to build Xiongan Project into a world-class benchmark ecological and environmental protection project and achieve Xiongan's ambitious blueprint.



Tian Jinchang noted that Xiongan Project is set to turn waste into resources. From design, construction to future operations, the project has proceeded stably in line with the overall requirements of "following the international standards with a global vision and Chinese characteristics to achieve high goals", despite ups and downs during the process. Tian also hoped that through efforts made by all parties involved, a ten-month upgrade initiative shall be launched to further improve the efficiency of the project construction, in order to build Xiongan Project into a benchmark demonstration project, driving the continued success of Xiongan. In order to smoothly carry out the initiative, he proposed that all parties involved should bear in mind that life is invaluable and make concerted effort to achieve a win-win result with respect for science.

Xiongan Project marks a significant achievement that Everbright Group has made in the process of working at the frontline of strategic national development by being engaged in the development of Xiongan, as well as an important milestone in Everbright Environment's journey toward becoming a world-class ecological and environmental group and fulfilling Everbright Group's mid- and long-term development strategies. The successful signing of the aforementioned agreements represents that Everbright Environment has officially secured the concession rights for Xiongan Project. Accordingly, the company will strictly follow relevant standards for Xiongan and build Xiongan Project into a benchmark project that meets the overall requirements set out for the Area, in an effort to fully support Xiongan's transformation into a "zero-waste" area.



On the same day, Tian Jinchang also visited Xiongan Project's construction site and debriefed by all parties involved about the construction progress. He learned about the project's development plan, construction progress, equipment procurement and employment, speaking highly of and looking forward to its preparedness for future development. Following the signing ceremony, the executives of all parties involved held a seminar. During the seminar, they exchanged views on problems and difficulties existing in the project construction for the ten-month initiative and sought solutions and measures to reach a consensus, with a view to creating synergies to effectively promote the completion of Xiongan Project with high quality and as scheduled.



Representatives in charge from Everbright Environment, the reform and development bureau of the Xiongan New Area Management Committee, functional departments under the CPC County Committee and government of Xiong County, Xiongan Group, CCSEB, Beijing Central Engineering Institute for Nonferrous Metallurgical Industries (ENFI), as well as Hebei Xiongan Everbright Ecological and Environmental Park Company Ltd., attended the signing ceremony.

Extended Reading

Xiongan Project is the first waste integrated treatment project in the Xiongan New Area. Located in the south of Mawutou Village in Longwan Town of Xiong County, the project is operated based on a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) model with an area of approximately 500 mu, commanding a total investment of around RMB2.8 billion, in which Everbright Environment holds a 46% equity stake. The project is also the first large-scale semi-underground waste integrated treatment facility that is equipped with a full set of treatment processes and techniques in both China and the world, featuring the maximum buried depth, the longest span and the highest load-bearing capacity.

The project is designed to have a household waste processing capacity of 2,250 tonnes/day, a food waste treatment capacity of 300 tonnes/day, a fecal treatment capacity of 300 tonnes/day, a sludge dehydration treatment capacity of 150 tonnes/day and a medical waste treatment capacity of 10 tonnes/day. The project will be equipped with three 750 tonnes/day grate furnaces and two sets of 35MW turbine power generators. The flue gas purification system adopts a portfolio of engineering technologies, including the SNCR (selective non-catalytic reduction) denitrification, oven drying de-acidification, economiser, thermal control tower (equipped with dual fluid spray guns), dry de-acidification, activated carbon injection, bag-type dust removing, GGH1 (Gas-to-Gas Heat Exchange), wet deacidification tower, GGH2, SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) and flue-gas desulfurisation, in order to meet relevant standards for ultra-low emissions. Meanwhile, the fly ash is solidified through high temperature melting, which turns toxic and hazardous waste into non-toxic and harmless raw materials for glass production. Additionally, the waste water is treated through the "Pre-treatment + Conditioning + A/O Biochemical + Ultrafiltration + Softening + Two-stage DTRO + HPRO + RO" process to meet the Grade III Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard (GB8978-1996), before being discharged into the Xiong County Waste Water Treatment Plant.