Current control status

Current control status of special industrial parks

In Taiwan, there are 7 special industrial parks, including the Linyuan Industrial Park in Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung Linhai Industrial Park in Kaohsiung City, No.6 Naphtha Cracker Complex in Yunlin County, Taichung Science Industrial Park in Taichung City, Tainan Science Industrial Park in Tainan City, Zhunan Science Industrial Park in Miaoli, and Hsinchu Science Industrial Park in Hsinchu with 43 air quality monitoring stations currently in operation. The basic and air quality monitoring information of special industrial parks is listed in Table 1. Details of station location and monitoring items can be accessed at the link of station information. (only available in Chinese)

7 special industrial parks and 43 air quality monitoring stations

*Liyuan Village Station in Linyuan District and and Fenglin Junior High School Station in Siaogang District are shared by Linhai Industrial Park and Linyuan Industrial Park.

Table 1 Air quality monitoring information in the special industrial parks.

Name Linyuan Industrial Park Tainan Science Park No.6 Naphtha Cracker Complex Linhai Industrial Park Taichung Science Park Zhunan Science Park Hsinchu Science Park
Developer Bureau of Industrial Parks, Ministry of Economic Affairs Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau, NSTC Formosa Plastic Group Bureau of Industrial Parks, Ministry of Economic Affairs Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau, NSTC Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, NSTC Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, NSTC
Local competent authority Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government Environmental Protection Bureau of Tainan City Government Environmental Protection Bureau of Yunlin County Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government Environmental Protection Bureau of Taichung City Government Environmental Protection Bureau of Miaoli County Environmental Protection Bureau of Hsinchu County
Period from the launch date
  • Automatic monitoring:
    2015/5/12 ~ now
  • Manual monitoring:
    2015/5/15 ~ now
  • Manual monitoring:
    2015/5/15 ~ now
  • Manual monitoring:
    2015/6/11 ~ now
  • Automatic monitoring:
    2015/11/27 ~ now
  • Manual monitoring:
    2015/11/27 ~ now
  • Automatic monitoring:
    2016/5/6 ~ now
  • Manual monitoring:
    2016/5/9 ~ now
  • Automatic monitoring:
    2017/5/3 ~ now
  • Manual monitoring:
    2017/5/4 ~ now
  • Automatic monitoring:
    2022/3/4 ~ now
  • Manual monitoring:
    2022/2/26 ~ now
  • Automatic monitoring:
    2022/8/26 ~ now
  • Manual monitoring:
    2022/8/26 ~ now
Station name 1 Linyuan Industrial Park Monitoring Center No.19 Station Dacheng Station in Changhua County Liyuan Village Station in Linyuan District1 Yang Ming Elementary School Zhunan East Station Xingye
2 Shanwei Station in Linyuan District No.29 Station Dongshi Station in Chiayi County Fenglin Junior High School Station in Siaogang District1 National Experimental High School at Central Taiwan Science Park Zhunan West Station Lixing 
3 Xixi Village Station in Linyuan District National Nanke International Experimental High School Station Baozhong Station in Yunlin County Cijin Junior High School Taichung Metropolitan Park Zhunan North Station Xinan
4 Liyuan Village Station in Linyuan District1 No.13 Station Lunbei Station in Yunlin County Mingzheng Village Community Center Mingzheng Village Community Center Zhunan South Station Chingshin Lake
5 Wufu Village Station in Linyuan District - Sihu Station in Yunlin County Erjia Village Community Center - - -
6 Xizhou Village Station in Linyuan District2 - Dongshi Station in Yunlin County Chungshan Junior High School - - -
7 Fenglin Junior High School Station in Siaogang District1 - Mailiao Station in Yunlin County Taiping Elementary School - - -
8 Station in Siaogang District - Taixi Station in Yunlin County Xincuo Village Community Center - - -
9 Kangshi Primary School in Xinyuan Township - Tuku Station in Yunlin County Dapingding - - -
10 - - Xiluo Station in Yunlin County Dingcuo Village - - -
Monitoring items
  • Automatic monitoring：PM10、SO2、NOX、NO、NO2、CO、O3、THC、54 types of organic ozone precursors, wind direction, wind speed, temperature, relative , wind direction, wind speed, temperature, relative
  • Manual monitoring：PM2.5、52 types of hazardous air pollutants, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, heavy metals (As, Be, Cd, Mn, Ni, and Pb compounds) associated with PM10, TSP hexavalent chromium, H2S, CH3SH, CS2,(CH3)2S, (CH3)2S2, NH3,(CH3)3N, and Dioxins.
  • Automatic mmonitoring：PM2.5、PM10、SO2、NOX、NO、NO2、CO、O3、wind direction, wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation.
  • Manual monitoring： heavy metals (As, Be, Cd, Mn, Ni, and Pb compounds) associated with PM10, TSP hexavalent chromium, inorganic acids (incl. HF, HCl, HNO3, H3PO4 and H2SO4), acetic acid, NH3,and Cl2.
  • Automatic monitoring：PM2.5、PM10、SO2、NOX、NO、NO2、CO、O3、THC、54 types of organic ozone precursors、wind direction, wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation.
  • Manual monitoring：52 types of hazardous air pollutants, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, heavy metals (As, Be, Cd, Mn, Ni, and Pb compounds) associated with PM10, TSP hexavalent chromium, inorganic acids (incl. HF, HCl, HNO3, H3PO4 and H2SO4), acetic acid, Ammonia, and Chlorine dichlorine, Hydrogen-sulphide, Dimethyl sulfide, Carbon disulfide, Dimethyl sulfide, Dimethyl disulfide, Methylamine and Dioxins.
  • Automatic monitoring：PM10、SO2、NOX、NO、NO2、CO、O3、THC、54 types of organic ozone precursors, wind direction, wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation.
  • Manual monitoring：PM2.5、52 types of hazardous air pollutants, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, heavy metals (As, Be, Cd, Mn, Ni, and Pb compounds) associated with PM10, TSP hexavalent chromium, Hydrogen-sulphide, Dimethyl sulfide, Carbon disulfide, Dimethyl sulfide, Dimethyl disulfide, Ammonia, Methylamine and Dioxins.
  • Automatic monitoring：PM10、PM2.5、SO2、NOX、NO、NO2、CO、O3、THC, wind direction, wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation.
  • Manual monitoring：heavy metals (As, Be, Cd, Mn, Ni, and Pb compounds) associated with PM10, TSP hexavalent chromium, inorganic acids (incl. HF, HCl, HNO3, H3PO4 and H2SO4), acetic acid, NH3, and Cl3.
  • Automatic monitoring：PM10、PM2.5、SO2、NOX、NO、NO2、CO、O3、THC、wind direction, wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation.
  • Manual monitoring：heavy metals (As, Be, Cd, Mn, Ni, and Pb compounds) associated with PM10, TSP hexavalent chromium, inorganic acids (incl. HF, HCl, HNO3, H3PO4 and H2SO4), acetic acid, NH3, and Cl2.
  • Automatic monitoring：PM10、PM2.5、SO2、NOX、NO、NO2、CO、O3、THC、wind direction, wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation.
  • Manual monitoring：heavy metals (As, Be, Cd, Mn, Ni, and Pb compounds) associated with PM10, TSP hexavalent chromium, inorganic acids (incl. HF, HCl, HNO3, H3PO4 and H2SO4), acetic acid, NH3, and Cl2.

1 Liyuan Village Station in Linyuan District and and Fenglin Junior High School Station in Siaogang District are shared by Linhai Industrial Park and Linyuan Industrial Park.

2 According to the project on the establishment of air quality monitoring facilities for Linyuan Special Industrial Park in 2014, there is no manual monitoring at the Xizhou Village Station in Linyuan District.