South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences Announces Preliminary Findings of Suspected Plagiarism in Environmental Impact Assessment Report | Attachment of the Incident: “The EIA Report of the Dredging Project (Phase 1) of the Shenzhen Bay Channel Is Suspected of Plagiarism” (I)- 中国生物多样性保护与绿色发展基金会

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South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences Announces Preliminary Findings of Suspected Plagiarism in Environmental Impact Assessment Report | Attachment of the Incident: “The EIA Report of the Dredging Project (Phase 1) of the Shenzhen Bay Channel Is Suspected of Plagiarism” (I)

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Explanation of suspected plagiarism in the environmental impact report of the dredging project (Phase I) of Shenzhen Bay Channel

After preliminary investigation, the environmental impact assessment team of the dredging project (Phase 1) of the Shenzhen Bay Channel undertaken by us, although in the process of project implementation, carried out site surveys in accordance with prescribed procedures, investigated and collected the marine environment and ecological status data were simulated with relevant numerical values. However, in the part of the qualitative analysis, the report that we previously completed was used as a template, and the process draft of the report that was not completed was submitted as publicity materials. There are many words such as "Zhanjiang", and part of the analysis also includes Zhanjiang Port and related planning.

Our institute sincerely apologizes for the serious mistakes made by the EIA engineers in the process of preparing the report! We will conduct further in-depth investigations on the implementation of the project, take serious measures to the responsible persons, and announce the results of the treatment in a timely manner.

Sincere thanks to all circles for their care and supervision. We will strengthen the rectification of the problems found in the investigation and resolutely put an end to similar situations.

South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences

March 29, 2020

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Forgot to change the city name when copying the EIA report, Channel dredging project in Shenzhen Bay ends public announcement of environmental assessment

The channel dredging project (Phase 1) of Shenzhen Bay with a total investment of nearly 110 million yuan was suspected of plagiarizing a project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, and its EIA publicity was stopped by the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau on March 27, 2020.

The "Draft for the Channel Bay Dredging Project (Phase 1) Environmental Impact Report for Shenzhen Bay" was found on the official website of the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the “Draft for Review"). The “Draft for Review” was compiled in February this year. The construction unit is the Shenzhen Waterway Affairs Center of Guangdong Province. The South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences is responsible for organizing the environmental impact assessment.

The "Draft for Review" mentioned that in order to better demonstrate the achievements of Shenzhen's economic and social development, the tourist routes were connected into a strip, and the study of extending the routes to the inner side of the Shenzhen Bay Bridge was launched to satisfy tourists' demand on all-round "Shenzhen sightseeing by sea". The characteristic channel project is the basic guarantee for the implementation of the “Shenzhen Sightseeing at Sea” cruise ship project. The channel dredging project (Phase I) in Shenzhen Bay is conducive to improving the passing capacity of the existing channel and is in line with the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan of Shenzhen Comprehensive Transportation” , "Shenzhen National Economic and Social Development Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" and other plans coordinated.

However, this unique waterway project is known as having a significant significance in developing a new business card for Shenzhen tourism, shaping the brand of Shenzhen's marine culture, and enhancing the image of Shenzhen's modern and international coastal city, whether it is the analysis of the compliance of various plans in the early stage, or the construction period and subsequent operation periods, it is always “inevitable” to another city, Zhanjiang.

Although the "Draft for Review” stated that the project construction complies with the requirements of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for Shenzhen's National Economic and Social Development”, however, the analysis concluded that "the channel dredging project in Shenzhen Bay is the embodiment of implementing the 13th Five-Year Plan for the national economic and social development of Zhanjiang City."

Subsequently, the "Draft for Review" demonstrated whether the project construction complies with the requirements of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" of Shenzhen Comprehensive Transportation, and then wrote, "At this time, the reconstruction and expansion of the 300,000-ton waterway is in line with the planning and layout of comprehensive transportation of Zhanjiang City. "

In the analysis of the project ’s compliance with the “Guangdong Provincial Marine Main Functional Zone Plan”, the “Draft for Review” stated that the Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project (Phase 1) “will not cause obvious negative effects to mangrove forests in Zhanjiang Bay. "

When analyzing whether the project construction is consistent with the “Guangdong Provincial Main Function Zone Planning”, the “Draft for Review” analyzes the functional positioning, enhancement and expansion of the Zhanjiang City, and the key protected areas throughout. It is called the Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project (Phase I) the construction can realize "take Zhanjiang Port as the leader, give full play to its radiation function as the main hub port in the southwest coastal area, create a logistics base for east island ports, and lay out and build several port logistics bases in Zhanjiang Bay, Xuwen, Leizhou and other places" aims.

In response to the project's emergency monitoring, the "Draft for Review" wrote that the construction period of the Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project (Phase 1) "in addition to the daily monitoring of the Zhanjiang Maritime Bureau, it is also necessary to rely on reports from the masses to discover accidents in a timely manner."

In addition, the item "protection measures for the water environment during the operation period" mentioned in the project stated that "ships that transport toxic and harmful cargo types during the operation period need to take measures to prevent leakage of risk accidents and incorporate them into the emergency plan of Zhanjiang Maritime Safety Administration. "

Some netizens said: “The environmental impact assessment report was copied from Zhanjiang ... The word ‘Zhanjiang’ in the text has not been completely deleted.” Some netizens mentioned: “The green environment can be copied, but the EIA report cannot!”

The total investment for the proposed project of the channel dredging project (Phase 1) of Shenzhen Bay is RMB 10.988 million. The construction scale is 145 meters wide at the bottom of the navigation channel, and the length of the route is about 11 kilometers. The length of the section to be dredged is about 4 kilometers. The total area of the sea area to be applied for is 52.2456 hectares, and the sea application period for the project is 3 months.

The impact of waterway engineering on the environment is mainly concentrated during the construction period, which is reflected in the impact of waterway dredging operations on water quality, marine ecological environment and marine living resources. The impact on the marine environment during construction and operation is reflected in the impact of ship environmental risk accidents. The focus of the Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project (Phase 1) project evaluation is the prediction and evaluation of the impact on the marine environment during the construction period, the marine environment risk prediction and assessment, environmental protection countermeasures, environmental risk prevention measures and emergency plans.

In response to the suspicion of the plagiarism of the EIA report of the Shenzhen Bay Channel Dredging Project (Phase I) raised by netizens, the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau decided to terminate the EIA publicity of the project currently underway, and immediately instructed the EIA unit South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences to reorganize and conduct an environmental impact assessment, and re-consider a careful, detailed, and comprehensive assessment of the impact of the project implementation on the surrounding ecological environment, including mangroves, birds and water quality. According to the announcement, the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau will scientifically and cautiously advance the relevant work of the next step of the project according to the environmental impact assessment.

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