Recently, the 4th CCPSChina Conference on Process Safety was held in Qingdao. It was themed withChemical Process Safety inChinaandco-hosted by ChinaUniversityof Petroleum, China Chemical Safety Association, and AIChE-CCPS. This conference aimed to bring together professionals, government, and academics in China and internationally to share advancements in process safety and improve the process safety performance in China.

Louisa, the technical director ofAIChE-CCPS, gave presentation on the conference

    On the conference, professors on process safety from China, USA, South Korea, Norway, Singapore, and Pakistan, gave presentation on the development of process safety. 14 main speeches and 28 branch speeches were conducted, around the topics ofChemical PSM development in China and its outlook, International Perspectives on Process Safety, Implementation of Chemical PSM Elements both in China and Other Countries, Regulations, Codes and Standards on Process Safety, Process Safety Technology, Consequence/Risk Evaluation Method, Emergency Response and Planning, Incident Investigation and Lessons Sharing, Environmental Risk Assessments of Chemical Industry andLOPA&SIL.

Professor Zhao Dongfeng made the presentation of Thoughts Concerning the Sustainable Development of Urban Chemical Plants.

    Professor Zhao Dongfeng, the director of Center for Safety, Environmental & Energy Conservation, made the presentation of Thoughts Concerning the Sustainable Development of Urban Chemical Plants on the conference. Heexplained thehot topics ofChemical industry encircle city and City encircle chemical industry. As he pointedout,the disordered plannings are the root cause of the current dilemma. He also introduced the idea that decisions-making should be evaluated based on“Risk-Cost”and The comprehensive evaluation methods, risk assessment standard and recommended standard are about to develop.