1.   A silicon manufacturer and a fireworks maker recently set up shop here, while a consortium of companies has talked about building a vast aluminum smelting plant.

2.   Fireworks makers and distributors had pushed the Legislature to lift a nearly century-old prohibition on pyrotechnics outside of displays by licensed professionals.

3.   There, on two large plots, the fireworks makers construct simple concrete-block buildings.

4.   A fireworks maker was storing two tons of explosives there.

5.   The director of the factory suggested authorities take steps to crack down on the illegal fireworks makers.

6.   The government denied that, saying a mentally ill fireworks maker set off explosives in the building.

7.   Fireworks makers and workers in Wanzai county formed a lobby group after provincial leaders announced last month an immediate halt to firecracker manufacturing following a series of deadly explosions.