Dongying Economic Development Zone

Chinese economic development zone

Dongying Economic Development Zone (DEDZ; Chinese: 东营经济开发区) is a provincial-level economic development zone in Dongying, Shandong, China, established in 1992. It covers an area of 65 square kilometres and is divided into "class-A" and "class-B" economic development zones. Class-A is used for machinery, electronics, new material and bioengineering, while Class-B is used for petrochemicals, chemicals and textiles.[1][2]

## Accidents

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In late August 2015, three weeks after a similar blast in Tianjin, a large explosion rocked a facility run by the Shandong Binyuan Chemical Company.[3] Five people died;[4] the fire was extinguished five hours later. Six company executives were arrested.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Dongying Economic Development Zone Archived 8 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Dongying Economic & Technical Development Zone Archived 8 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ a b Dongying factory blast kills one, six execs arrested, CNBC, 1 September 2015
4. ^ "China chemical factory blast toll rises to 5". Yahoo News. 2 September 2015.

## External links

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* Dongying Economic Development Zone (in Chinese)