Major changes planned after chemical plant blast

The industrial park in Jiangsu province that was rocked by an explosion on March 21, leaving 78 people dead in Xiangshui county, was closed on Thursday by the municipal government of Yancheng.

Jiangsu also will substantially reduce the number of chemical enterprises in the province, to below 1,000 by 2022, according to a draft plan issued for comment on Monday by the province.

There were 7,372 chemical enterprises in Jiangsu in 2017. Among them, 6,884 primarily manufacture chemical products.