Due to the impact of SARS in China, the State Council will issue a notice to expedite the construction for central medical waste treatment facilities. According to the 10th Five-Year-Plan, cities with population over 200,000 should have central medical waste treatment facilities by the end of 2005. The main purpose is to prevent and control the spread of many of the viruses and infectious.

State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) is authorized to collect technologies and report to State Development and Reform Commission (SDRC), former State Planning and Development Commission, by June 10, 2003. Then, SDRC will report to State Council by July 10, 2003. After the State Council approves the budget, local governments could receive partial subsidies from central government for facilities construction. SEPA needs to collect technologies for central medical waste treatment by May 30, 2003.

The local Environmental Protection Bureaus (EPBs) will be responsible for the projects and local health bureaus will be in charge of waste categorization and packing in different hospitals.

The required central medical waste treatment technologies will mainly focus on different incinerators, including plasma, rotary, pyrolysis, high-temperature steam, and microwave technologies.

Any company interested in this project, please send your technology standard, quotation, operation cost and contact information to:

Mr. Wu Shunze, PHD Director
China Academy for Environmental Planning
China Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
Tel:  8610-8491-5266
Fax: 8610-8491-5995
Email: wusz@N0SPAM.svrl-pek.unep.net

Contacts at Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Embassy in Beijing:

Kellie Holloway, Commercial Officer
Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Embassy
31/F North Tower, Kerry Center,
1 Guanghua Road, 100020
Tel:  8610-8529-6655 x 819
Fax: 8610-8529-6558
Email: kellie.Holloway@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
http://www.buyusa.gov/china/en

Xiaolei Wan, TDA Project Coordinator
Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Embassy
31/F North Tower, Kerry Center,
1 Guanghua Road, 100020
Tel:  8610-8529-6655 x 839
Fax: 8610-8529-6558
Email: xiaolei.wan@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
http://www.buyusa.gov/china/en