This pent-up anger and resentment finally exploded on June 12, 1987, when China Petroleum announced that it was going to replace its number one and two naphtha crackers, which it said had been obsolete for a long time, with a fifth naphtha cracker to supply raw materials to the mid- and downstream petrochemical industries.
即使雙方願意談判，但現行地方調處委員會，對少數個人間的紛爭還能發生功效，對受害者眾的公害事件﹘﹘動輒要求工廠停工、關廠，索賠上億的情況無法掌握，萬一企業態度又很強硬，協調人根本「擺」不平。