The closure of the businesses is in line with the government's goal of promoting eco-friendly sectors around the theme park. (Photo : Xinhua)
Heavy polluting business facilities in the vicinity of Shanghai Disney Resort will be closed before the end of 2016, although the theme park is scheduled to open a few months earlier.
According to officials, the closures will be done to make a better tourist environment for the Pudong New Area tourism site set to open next spring.
The 153 industrial enterprises located near the tourist hotspot have been assessed as heavy polluters with low energy efficiency, according to the Shanghai Economy and Information Commission.
Located in the villages of Qigan, Jiebang, Wanan and Beizhuang, some of the businesses are situated as close as five kilometers to the resort.
The commission said that the enterprises that were closed were involved in industrial fields, such as iron and steel production, chemical engineering, coonstruction materials and machinery. They did not name any specific companies.
The closing is part of the industrial restructuring of the city government.
The Pudong New Area is promoting tourism, public services, agriculture and other eco-friendly sectors near the Shanghai Disney Resort.
At the same time, other heavy polluting businesses found in Pudong's Heqing Town, as well as in the Jinshan and Fengxian Districts, are scheduled to close later this year, according to the commission.
According to a report by the commission released last week, 73 companies and factories in the city were ordered to either shut down or move out of Shanghai in the first half of the year.
Businesses included in the commission's report include Shanghai Yulei Textile Product Company, Shanghai Donglu Dyeing Company, Shanghai Caojing Chemical Plant, Shanghai Fule Concrete Company and Shanghai Shengchang Casing Company.
Private companies that are ordered to close or relocate by the government are usually compensated.
With the industrial restructuring plan, the city foresees it will cut coal consumption by 40,000 tons every year.
