Official Announcement of Classifications and Definitions of the Industries Designated under the Water Pollution Control Act

Enterprises using sugarcane, beets, raw sugar, starch, or other raw material to manufacture granulated sugar or other types of sugar. However, enterprises engaged in candy manufacturing are considered food manufacturing enterprises.

1. (1) Spinning industry: Enterprises engaging in fiber opening, degreasing, combing, drawing, fine spinning, or false twist processing, yarn spinning, or coating of elastic fibers.

2. (2) Weaving industry: Enterprises weaving cloth using various types of yarn and fiber as raw materials.

3. (3) Unwoven textile industry: Enterprises producing textiles using natural fibers or artificial fibers via bonding, needle punching, water jet, hot melting, spin bonding, and melt blowing methods.

4. (4) Cord, rope, net, felt, and rug manufacturing industry: Enterprises weaving cord, rope, or net from cotton, hemp, silk, or coir fibers, or from artificial fiber, paper, straw, wicker, or plastic; or weaving or producing felt or rugs using wool, hemp, or artificial fiber; or weaving fishing nets using fiber or plastic.

Enterprises engaging in singeing, desizing, scouring, bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, printing, finishing, or coating involving fiber, yarn, textiles, apparel, woven belts, zippers, mesh, or their products.

Enterprises engaging in the pre-tanning, tanning, re-tanning, dyeing, currying, and finishing or leather or fur, including soaking, lime depilation, deliming, bating, and picking processes.

Enterprises using wood, bamboo, straw, bark, bagasse, waste textiles, waste paper, cotton scraps, or other fibers to manufacture paper pulp (includes rayon pulp enterprises).

1. (1) Papermaking industry: Enterprises manufacturing paper, cardboard, or other products.

2. (2) Processed paper manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing processed paper using paper or cardboard.

3. (3) Paper container manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing sealed or ventilated containers or paper bags using cardboard, corrugated cardboard, wax paper, or high-strength paper.

4. (4) Other paper product manufacturing industries: Enterprises manufacturing paper products apart from those specified in (1) through (3).

1. (1) Photograph developing industry: Enterprises engaging in the developing, printing, enlargement, or other processing of negatives and photographs.

2. (2) Plate-making industry: Enterprises engaging in the making of printing plates.

1. (1) Basic chemical raw material manufacturing industry: Enterprises using physical or chemical reactions and methods including synthesis, decomposition, fractional distillation, evaporation, and extraction to produce inorganic or organic basic chemical raw materials.

2. (2) Fertilizer manufacturing industry: Enterprises using chemical methods to manufacture chemical fertilizer, organic fertilizer, or soil amendments.

3. (3) Artificial fiber manufacturing industry: Enterprises using chemical synthesis to manufacture polymerized cotton or silk fiber, or using the regeneration of cellulose to manufacture fibers such as rayon.

4. (4) Synthetic resin, plastic, and rubber manufacturing industry: Enterprises using chemical synthesis to manufacture polymers such as resins or plastics, etc., or synthetic rubber or elastomers.

5. (5) Other chemical material manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing chemical materials apart from those specified in (1) through (4).

6. (6) Paint, dye, and pigment manufacturing industry: Enterprises engaging in the manufacture or individual packaging of paints, dyes, pigments, ceramic glazes, or inks.

7. (7) Cleaning product manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing cleaning and detergent products.

8. (8) Cosmetics manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing cosmetics or manufacturing or extracting scents used in cosmetics.

9. (9) Other chemical product manufacturing industries: Enterprises manufacturing chemical products apart from those specified in (6) through (8).

10. (10) Lime manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing slaked lime, fire-resistant lime, water hardness lime, mixed lime, or raw lime.

11. (11) Coal product manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing coke from coal or producing compressed coal bricks.

12. (12) Battery manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing battery tanks, dry cell batteries, storage batteries, carbon rods, nickel-chromium batteries, mercury batteries, silver oxide batteries, electric vehicle batteries, or storage battery electrode plates.

1. (1) Enterprises manufacturing human or animal drug raw materials via processes including synthesis, extraction, fermentation, and tissue culture.

2. (2) Enterprises processing or preparing human or animal drugs as fixed dosages or pharmaceutical dosage forms.

3. (3) Enterprises processing or preparing biological drugs such as vaccines, cultures, blood serum, and blood extracts.

4. (4) Enterprises processing human or animal Chinese medical materials or processing or preparing dosage forms of such materials.

5. (5) Enterprises manufacturing in vitro testing reagents.

Enterprises manufacturing, processing, preparing, or individually packaging technical-grade, final products of pesticides or environmental agents.

1. (1) Petroleum refining industry: Enterprises manufacturing petroleum products using petroleum raw materials via refining processes such as distillation, refining, and blending.

2. (2) Petrochemical feedstock manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing upstream petrochemical feedstocks via the decomposition, cracking, and refining of petroleum, natural gas, and other hydrocarbons.

3. (3) Petrochemical midstream product manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing midstream petrochemical products such as monomers and polymers from petroleum, natural gas, and petrochemical feedstocks.

4. (4) Downstream petrochemical product manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing semifinished products or finished products via primary, secondary, and multiple processing using midstream petrochemical products as raw materials.

Enterprises manufacturing rubber products from natural or synthetic rubber.

Enterprises manufacturing ceramic, brick, and tile products from natural minerals, such as feldspar, sand, and clay, and artificial ceramic materials.

Enterprises manufacturing sheet glass, glass containers, fiberglass products, or other glass or glass products from raw materials of silica sand and waste glass.

1. (1) Enterprises manufacturing cement or cement clinker.

2. (2) Enterprises transporting granular cement or concrete plus additives (oxygen carrier, fly ash, slag, etc.) mixed with water to worksites for use in casting.

3. (3) Enterprises manufacturing cement and concrete products.

1. (1) Steel manufacturing industry: Enterprises smelting steel to produce ingots, billets, or other basic cast products, or manufacturing basic steel materials such as sheets, tubes, bars, wires, and other rough cast or rolled items via casting, rolling, drawing, or extruding; includes steel smelting, casting, rolling, drawing, and extruding enterprises, steel wire and cable manufacturing enterprises, and scrap steel processing enterprises.

2. (2) Aluminum manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing basic products such as aluminum sheet, skin, foil, tubing, bars, rods, and wire via the smelting, casting, extrusion, rolling, and drawing of aluminum metal; includes aluminum smelting, casting, rolling, drawing, and extruding enterprises.

3. (3) Copper manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing basic products such as copper sheet, skin, foil, tubing, bars, rods, and wire via the smelting, casting, extrusion, rolling, and drawing of copper metal; includes copper smelting, casting, rolling, drawing, and extruding enterprises.

4. (4) Magnesium manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing basic products such as magnesium sheet, tubing, bars, rods, and wire via the smelting, casting, extrusion, rolling, and drawing of magnesium metal; includes magnesium smelting, casting, rolling, drawing, and extruding enterprises.

5. (5) Other basic metal manufacturing industries: Enterprises engaged in the smelting, casting, extrusion, rolling, and drawing of metals apart from those specified in (1) through (4).

6. (6) Metal product manufacturing industry: Enterprises engaging in metal forging, powder metallurgy, the manufacture of hand tools, the manufacture of metal structures and architectural elements, the manufacture of boilers, the manufacture of metal containers, and the manufacture of other metal products.

Enterprises engaging in shipbreaking work.

1. (1) Enterprises engaging in metal and metal product surface polishing, plating, coating, solder spraying, painting, spray painting, dyeing, embossing, glazing, and other chemical processing (includes aluminum anodization; does not include circuit board manufacturing).

2. (2) Enterprises engaging in metal and metal product surface treatment using metallurgical techniques such as carburization, nitriding, chemical evaporation coating, and physical evaporation coating, etc.

3. (3) Enterprises improving metal structure or properties via quenching, annealing, or tempering along with control of temperature, atmosphere, and time.

Enterprises using chemical or electrochemical methods to plate metal on the surface of another metal, plastic, or other nonmetallic substance (does not include circuit board manufacturing).

1. (1) Enterprises engaging in wafer manufacturing processes such as crystal pulling, Czochralski growth, cutting, grinding, polishing, etching, and cleaning.

2. (2) Enterprises engaging in semiconductor manufacturing and packaging processes such as oxidation, lithography, etching, doping, gas phase deposition, epitaxy, evaporation coating, and sputtering.

Enterprises manufacturing printed circuit boards for printing, photography, etching, and electroplating methods.

1. (1) Shipbuilding yard, ship repair yard, and floating dock enterprises engaging in the building and repair of power or manually-driven ships.

2. (2) Enterprises manufacturing special ship machinery and parts.

Enterprises employing physical, chemical, or biological methods to treat raw water obtained from its source and supplied as public water.

Enterprises engaging in sampling, testing, monitoring, and inspection of air, physical pollution such as noise and vibration, water quality and quantity, toxic chemical substances, tap water, groundwater, soil, and waste.

Public and private organizations or premises (including waste transfer stations) operating and managing sanitary landfills or sealed landfills (does not include stabilized landfills).

Public and private organizations or premises (not including waste landfills or recyclers of recyclable wastes) operating and managing waste disposal plants (facilities) and using incineration or other methods to dispose of wastes.

Enterprises performing wastewater (sewage) treatment on behalf of others.

Enterprises engaging in nightsoil treatment plant (facility) operation and management.

Enterprises engaging in some or all wool processing steps, including the use of physical or chemical methods to remove dirt and foreign matter from wool, and the use of soap, cleaning agents, or organic solvents to wash out oil and sweat.

Power industry enterprises generating power by thermal or nuclear means.

Enterprises operating and managing wholesale markets where livestock and poultry or their products are sold.

Enterprises operating and managing wholesale markets where aquatic products including fish, mollusks, shellfish, and algae are sold.

Enterprises using automatic washing facilities to wash motor vehicles.

Enterprises cleaning ships or aircraft.

The following enterprises which possess experimental, testing (chemical), or research laboratories:

1. Schools

2. Academic Institutions

3. Research Institutions

4. Government Agencies

Enterprises operating and managing the raising of animals (not including aquatic life) for viewing.

Enterprises directly filling motor vehicles, ships, aircraft, or power machinery with gasoline or kerosene and possessing underground fuel tanks and flow-type gasoline pumps.

Enterprises engaging in mineral extraction and preliminary on-site processing.

Enterprises extracting sand, gravel, earth, rock, and stone, and engaging in preliminary on-site processing of their products.

Enterprises processing raw materials of sand, gravel, earth, rock, or stone (including asphalt mixing).

Enterprises engaging in earth and gravel storage, recycling, transshipment, processing, classification and reuse, or backfilling, and having a design or actual on-site total storage capacity in excess of 500 cubic meters or total storage area in excess of 250 square meters.

1. (1) Development activities performing environmental impact assessments in accordance with the Environmental Impact Assessment Act.

2. (2) Enterprises implementing construction projects, road projects, tunnel projects, pipeline projects, bridge projects, and local development projects deemed Type 1 construction projects under the Air Pollution Control Act.

Enterprises operating and managing cargo container yards or transshipment stations with a design or actual development area in excess of three hectares.

1. (1) Dairy product manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing dairy products, including wholesale or retail milk pasteurization, homogenization, flavoring, and bottling.

2. (2) Canned, frozen, dehydrated, and pickled food manufacturing industry: Enterprises engaging in canning, freezing, dehydrating, or pickling of meat and poultry, seafood, fruits and vegetables, or prepared foods.

3. (3) Candy and baked food manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing candy from raw materials such as sucrose, fructose, maltose, grains, dried fruit, flavorings, and food colorings, or manufacturing baked or steamed foods.

4. (4) Oil manufacturing industry: Enterprises engaging in the pressing, extraction, or refining of edible animal or vegetable oil, including margarine, blended cooking oil, and salad oil.

5. (5) Seasoning product manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing edible salt, sauces, or other seasoning products.

6. (6) Beverage manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing beverages with an alcohol content of less than 0.5 percent.

7. (7) Other food manufacturing industries: Food manufacturing enterprises apart from those specified in (1) through (6), including noodle and rice noodle manufacturers, animal feed and feed additive manufacturers and mixers, tea manufacturers, processed (soy) bean food manufacturers, enterprises preparing boxed meals, group food service meals, and fresh-cooked food for delivery, health food manufacturers approved by health authorities, and other food manufacturers.

1. (1) Livestock and poultry slaughtering industry: Enterprises slaughtering, butchering, or individually packaging livestock or poultry.

2. (2) Seafood slaughtering industry: Enterprises slaughtering, individually packaging, refrigerating, or freezing seafood products.

Enterprises manufacturing flour, starch, coarse powders, shreds, chips, and fast-food grain products from rice, wheat, beans, potatoes, coffee, or root vegetables.

The following industries manufacturing finished products via the fermentation of raw materials:

1. (1) Fermentation manufacturing industry: Enterprises using raw materials such as molasses or starch and engaging in some or all processing steps including removal of foreign matter, decolorizing, yeast reproduction, and centrifugal separation, etc.

2. (2) MSG manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing MSG using raw materials such as molasses or starch and engaging in some or all processing steps including glutamic acid fermentation, decolorizing, filtration, and washing.

3. (3) Alcoholic beverage, alcohol, and vinegar manufacturing industry: Enterprises using some or all fermentation and distillation processes to manufacture alcoholic beverages, alcohol, or vinegar from raw materials such as wheat, rice, or other grains, starch, or molasses.

4. (4) Soy sauce manufacturing industry: Enterprises using chemical synthesis or some or all processes including washing, steaming/boiling, soaking, fermentation, and seasoning to manufacture soy sauce from raw materials such as soybeans and wheat, etc.

5. (5) Antibiotic and organic solvent manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing antibiotics or organic solvents (such as propyl and butyl alcohol) via some or all processes including fermentation and distillation.

Enterprises engaging in the repair and maintenance of motor vehicle electrical systems, engines, chassis positioning, parts, sheet metal, paint, tires, glass, air conditioning systems, stereos, sound insulation, or pumps, or inspection and testing of motor vehicles.

1. (1) Golf courses: Golf courses consisting of greens, fairways, and holes, plus associated buildings and facilities.

1. (2) Amusement parks: Enterprises operating and managing general amusement areas or parks.

Enterprises washing and ironing clothing, towels, bed sheets, rugs, leather garments, or other textile products, or providing coin-operated washing machines.

1. (1) Other textile industries: Textile product manufacturing, weaving, or embroidery industries apart from the spinning and weaving industries, unwoven fabric industry, cord, rope, net, rug, and felt manufacturing industries, and printing/dyeing/finishing industry.

2. (2) Plastic product manufacturing industries: Enterprises manufacturing plastic material, plastic bags, and molded plastic products.

3. (3) Fireproof material manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing fireproof materials.

4. (4) Stone product manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing stone products directly by mechanical processing using natural stone as a raw material, and not employing heat treatment or chemical processes.

5. (5) Other non-metalliferous mineral product manufacturing industries: Enterprises manufacturing non-metalliferous mineral products apart from ceramics, brick, and tile, glass and glass products, cement and cement products, fireproof materials, stone products, and lime.

6. (6) Electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing and repair industries: Enterprises manufacturing and repairing electrical generating, transmission, and distribution equipment and power control machinery and equipment; enterprises manufacturing insulated and uninsulated power wires and cables.

7. (7) Household appliance manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing household appliances.

8. (8) Lighting equipment manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing light sources such as light bulbs and lamp tubes, electrical lighting devices, lamp equipment, and portable lamps.

9. (9) Other electrical device manufacturing industries: Enterprises manufacturing electrical devices apart from batteries and those specified in (6) through (8).

10. (10) Transport vehicle and part manufacturing and repair industry: Enterprises manufacturing and repairing rail vehicles, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, aircraft, and other land and air passenger and freight vehicles and their parts.

11. (11) Passive electronic element manufacturing industry: Enterprises manufacturing passive electronic elements.

12. (12) Other electronic part and component manufacturing industries: Enterprises manufacturing electronic parts and components apart from wafers and semiconductors, printed circuit boards, and passive electronic elements.

13. (13) Printing industry: Printing enterprises; printing on paper, metals, plastic, rubber, resin, or other materials.

Enterprises recycling and processing recyclable waste, or storing, disposing of, crushing, cleaning, compressing, pressing into bricks, or processing using other methods recycled recyclable waste on behalf of others.

Enterprises raising livestock or poultry registered with the industry competent authority or actually raising livestock or poultry.

Enterprises engaging in general fish farming operations or fresh- or salt water fish pond aquaculture.

1. Hospitals or clinics with hemodialysis beds (tables)

2. Blood donation organizations, medical testing centers, and other medical organizations

1. (3) Veterinary service industry: Enterprises engaging in animal health care, medicine, testing, beauty, or research.

Enterprises operating and managing storage sites for coal, coal cinder, or coal ash, etc.

Enterprises operating food, lodging, or hot springs establishments, including food shops, restaurants, hotels, guest houses, and hot springs baths.

1. (1) Storage sites for specific substances: Enterprises operating and managing storage sites for slag or bottom ash, or for raw materials, materials, scrap, or byproducts that may cause leaching or generate substances harmful to health announced pursuant to Article 36, Paragraph 2 of this Act, or for substances considered hazardous industrial waste during the storage period pursuant to the Waste Disposal Act.

1. (2) Oil storage sites: Enterprises storing gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, waste oil, or other oil products in aboveground tanks (barrels) within the working environment, where total tank (barrel) capacity exceeds 200 liters (does not include tanks, barrels, or cans that are sealed, unopened, or will not leak when overturned).

1. (3) Dredged material (water containing mud and sand) water quality purification sites: Enterprises conveying water or wastewater containing mud and sand from dredging operations to settling ponds or pools, and discharging the water after settling and separation of mud and sand (does not include natural sediments from rivers and reservoirs or use of hydraulic force to remove accumulations of sludge).

1. (4) Retail mass merchant industry: Enterprises providing premises to other parties or engaging in general product retailing on their own, and combining warehousing and shopping center operations.