China Manufactures CFC Substitute
����China's first production line of R-134a, a freezing agent substitute for the environmentally damaging chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), went into operation in Xi'an Saturday.
����It is expected that 200 tons of R-134a will be produced every year and a second phase of the project will produce 5,000 tons when completed.
����It has been unequivocally proved that CFC, used widely in the world's cooling industry, is gradually destroying the planet's ozone layer, leading to "greenhouse effects".
����According to international agreements, the world's developed countries ceased producing and using ozone-depleting materials in 1996, and the deadline for developing countries is 2010.
����China has announced that it would stop producing this kind of product by 2005.
����The new substitute, which is being produced by the Xi'an-Jinzu Modern Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., is expected to contribute to China's realization of that goal.
Economicnews 1999-04-25 Page1
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