{"id":71842,"date":"2021-05-27T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T12:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadialogue.net\/?p=71842"},"modified":"2021-06-01T13:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T13:45:34","slug":"is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-green-sez-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/business\/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-green-sez-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there such a thing as a \u2018green\u2019 SEZ in Cambodia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Svay Rieng, a town in south-eastern Cambodia, is both a gateway to Vietnam and for more than a decade now a hotbed of Cambodian industrial development. But a lack of compliance with environmental and labour regulations has raised tensions with local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The region is home to almost a dozen industrial parks, many of them the direct result of Cambodia\u2019s growing integration with Chinese industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new and more hopeful precedent was set last November, when Qilu (Cambodia) Special Economic Zone Co Ltd signed a US$1 billion strategic cooperation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/business\/green-sez-set-svay-rieng-town\">deal<\/a> with an association of Chinese investors to set up a \u201cgreen\u201d special economic zone (SEZ) in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-pullout-stat alignleft undefined block--pullout-stat\"><p class=\"block--pullout-stat__title\">54<\/p><div class=\"block--pullout-stat__content\"><p>The number of Special Economic Zones in Cambodia<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly established Environmental Protection Industry Associations of Cambodia (EPIAC) heralded the deal, calling it the \u201cfirst and, so far, only environmentally friendly industrial zone\u201d. EPIAC\u2019s role is to ensure compliance with Cambodian environmental law and investment regulation, says Guo Yangping, executive president of EPIAC, who will be in charge of the planning and designing of environmental protection solutions at the industrial park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of Cambodia\u2019s environmental laws and regulations are up to international standards, but few Chinese factory owners comply with the law when setting up factories in the country, Guo says. At this stage, little is known about what new rules have been put in place to protect Svay Rieng from pollution caused by the recent surge of manufacturing in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-epiac-and-compliance\">EPIAC and compliance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yu Haitian, a representative of the National People\u2019s Congress of China and the mayor of Zibo in Shandong province, said in an interview with Khmer Daily that Zibo will use the Qilu SEZ in Cambodia as an active participant in the Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/tag\/belt-and-road\/\">Belt and Road Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Cambodia, Guo says: \u201cThere is no doubt that the focus is on the Chinese market. There is the Belt and Road policy, and China is a big market. Many factories are looking to move to set up in Southeast Asia, and Cambodia is the first choice.\u201d One of the drivers of this trend, he says, is that the trade war between the US and China has made it difficult for factories to produce and export from China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-cd-related-news alignright block--related-news loading\" data-post-id=\"36735\"><div class=\"block--related-news__image\"><\/div><div class=\"block--related-news__content\"><span class=\"block--related-news__heading\">Recommended<\/span><span class=\"block--related-news__title\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>EPIAC was only launched in November last year, with the goal of formulating plans and policies for Cambodia\u2019s environmental protection industry. The hope is that Qilu SEZ, with its integrated system of water supply, sewage treatment and clean-energy power generation, will set an industry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/business\/ngo-embarks-mission-green-sezs\">standard<\/a> in Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guo says: \u201cQilu is the first. We want to make this an exceptional project for Cambodia, for everybody to see, and we are going to adapt this type or style to help more industrial zones and more factories to go green.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khmertimeskh.com\/686294\/cambodia-has-54-special-economic-zones-more-to-come\/\">Figures<\/a> from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) show that, as of 2019, Cambodia had 54 Special Economic Zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another hope is that Qilu SEZ will solve a problem that has grown with the expansion of industry in the region: illegal discharge of wastewater from Chinese and other foreign-owned factories into streams and canals. This has been a particular  concern for local communities living close to the economic zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, a garment manufacturer in Svay Rieng province was found to be discharging untreated wastewater from the Taiwan-backed Manhattan Special Economic Zone into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/sez-polluting-bavet-canal-villagers-say\">canal<\/a>, allegedly killing fish and livestock. That same year, Cambodian environment officials found Chinese electronics manufacturer Kuan Tech had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/takeo-firm-told-halt-sewage-dumping\">dumped sewage<\/a> into a stream in Takeo province west of Svay Rieng. A year later, a Chinese garment factory in Takeo province was fined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/garment-factory-fined-after-pollution-claims\">$7,500<\/a> for releasing untreated wastewater into local streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image block--story-image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/river-in-Takeo-province-nearby-SEZ.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/river-in-Takeo-province-nearby-SEZ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/river-in-Takeo-province-nearby-SEZ-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/river-in-Takeo-province-nearby-SEZ-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/river-in-Takeo-province-nearby-SEZ-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/river-in-Takeo-province-nearby-SEZ.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"river in Takeo province, where Chinese electronics manufacturer Kuan Tech of a nearby SEZ dumped sewage into a stream \"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Another hope is that Qilu SEZ will solve a problem of illegal discharge of wastewater from Chinese and other foreign-owned factories into streams and canals \u2013 a particular problem for local communities (Image: Leroy Francis\/Alamy)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/river-in-Takeo-province-nearby-SEZ.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"731 KB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Guo praises the design of the new SEZ, which will have a sewage-treatment system capable of treating 20,000 cubic meters per day by 2022, enabling the zone to recycle its industrial waste and water. Guo added that the industrial zone will eventually move towards using renewable energy, such as solar power, though no details are yet available to show how it will make this transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qilu SEZ is situated on a 450-hectare industrial park, with room for up to 50 enterprises, based on <a href=\"http:\/\/commerce.shandong.gov.cn\/art\/2019\/9\/20\/art_92318_7180036.html\">data<\/a> from the Shandong Provincial Department of Commerce. As of December 2020, nine factories from China have set up there, producing textiles, shoes, travel goods, bicycles and rice, according to the SEZ monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moc.gov.kh\/Portals\/0\/Docs\/TradeInfo\/sez\/monthly%20report%20december%202020-20210113103724756.pdf\">report<\/a> submitted to Cambodia\u2019s Ministry of Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More factories are on their way to Qilu SEZ. In February this year, approval was given for a $15-million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akp.gov.kh\/post\/detail\/227302\">factory<\/a> to be run by Cart Tire Co. Making tyres has never been an environmentally friendly enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-china-s-factory\">China\u2019s factory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ros Pharith, deputy governor of Svay Rieng province, told China Dialogue that since the first SEZ was established in 2005 the\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b number of factories in the province set up by Mainland Chinese investors has overtaken those from Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. Svay Rieng has 11 SEZs in total, with eight in operation, and three still in the development stage, according to Pharith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the pandemic, exports from Svay Rieng increased by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khmertimeskh.com\/713731\/exports-through-svay-rieng-increase-by-237-million\/\">$237 million<\/a> year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020, in no small part due to increased manufacturing in the existing SEZs. Formerly one of Cambodia\u2019s poorest provinces, the region has been greatly affected by becoming a manufacturing base for Chinese companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the pandemic there are several more investments in the pipeline for Svay Rieng waiting for official approval. \u201cWith infrastructure in place, I expect to see the number of factories increase,\u201d Pharith added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image block--story-image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cambodia-sihanoukville-SEZ-special-economic-zone-garment-factory.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cambodia-sihanoukville-SEZ-special-economic-zone-garment-factory-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cambodia-sihanoukville-SEZ-special-economic-zone-garment-factory-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cambodia-sihanoukville-SEZ-special-economic-zone-garment-factory-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cambodia-sihanoukville-SEZ-special-economic-zone-garment-factory-1800x1202.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cambodia-sihanoukville-SEZ-special-economic-zone-garment-factory.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Workers at Chinese enterprise HoDo Group in the Chinese-operated Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone in Cambodia\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Making clothes in Cambodia&#8217;s Sihanoukville SEZ. As its labour costs have risen, China has increasingly off-shored low-end manufacturing to countries including Cambodia (Image: Alamy)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cambodia-sihanoukville-SEZ-special-economic-zone-garment-factory.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"433 KB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1709\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A key infrastructure development, facilitated by a loan from China, has been a $75-million electricity transmission line from the capital Phnom Penh to the town of Bavet, on the border with Vietnam. The 115 kV line is expected to provide electricity to three provinces along the National Route 1: Prey Veng, Kandal and Svay Rieng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe existing SEZs accommodate investors from all countries, though Chinese factories accounted for the majority of investors. Currently, the factories employ a total of 70,000 workers,\u201d Pharith said. The influx of investment to Svay Rieng has drawn the rural workforce into more urban areas, attracted by improved access to electricity, better roads and housing. However, urban living has meant poor working conditions. Workers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/cops-protesters-clash-bavet\">clashed<\/a> with police at the Taiwan-owned Tai Seng factory in 2015 during a protest over poor pay. In 2019, more than 40 workers fainted and one died while at work in a factory in the Manhattan SEZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-cd-related-news alignright block--related-news loading\" data-post-id=\"36367\"><div class=\"block--related-news__image\"><\/div><div class=\"block--related-news__content\"><span class=\"block--related-news__heading\">Recommended<\/span><span class=\"block--related-news__title\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChinese overseas investment in countries with undeveloped or poorly enforced environmental regulation has attracted criticism, and this has resulted in a stronger emphasis, at least in rhetoric, from Chinese developers on the environmental credentials of their projects,\u201d says Mark Grimsditch, director of China Global Program at Inclusive Development International. \u201cThis is especially important for companies supplying Western markets, where buyers are more likely to have their commitments to ensure their supply chains are green. The important thing is that this rhetoric is actually matched by good practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grimsditch says China has turned to Cambodia due to its own rising labour costs, leading it to offshore low-end manufacturing. \u201cThis has materialised in investment in numerous SEZs across the world. Cambodia is especially attractive, as it benefits from preferential trade agreements with Europe and the US that remove tariffs and quotas on certain products.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese factories in Cambodia bring prosperity and modernisation but at the cost of environmental pollution and poor working conditions. While developing green industrial zones shows the potential way forward, stricter monitoring and enforcement of environmental and labour compliance would help Cambodia strike the right balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By definition, special economic zones are not green. 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