Jiangsu’s petrochemical industry has undergone a fast development with an
average increased rate of 9 percent. Accompanying with the rapid economic development,
some ‘ecologizing’ changes have also occurred within the industry. Among a variety of
factors that may bring in these changes, community pressure is playing a significant role.
By using a set of well-documented sector-level data and community-level data from 1996
to 2001 of Jiangsu Province and its petrochemical industry, this paper tries to give some
evidences for the significant role of community pressure on the ‘ecologizing’ process in
Jiangsu’s petrochemical industry.