Introduction to China’s top 20 chemical parks

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I. Shanghai Chemical Industry Economic and Technological Development Zone
1. Introduction to the Zone
The Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone was approved for establishment by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government on August 12, 1996. It is the first specialized development zone in China since the reform and opening-up, focusing on petrochemicals and their derivatives. The chemical industry zone is located at the southern end of Shanghai, on the north shore of the Hangzhou Bay, spanning Jinshan District and Fengxian District. Its planned area is 29.4 square kilometers. By the end of 2009, when the Jinshan and Fengxian sections were brought under the unified management of the Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone, its management area expanded to 36.1 square kilometers. 　　2. Dominant Industries
The Shanghai Chemical Industry Park focuses on developing industries such as petrochemicals, fine chemicals, and polymer materials. It has now become the world’s largest production base for isocyanates and China’s largest production base for polycarbonate. The chemical industry zone focuses on excelling in \"competition within the industrial chain,\" and has developed a fairly complete industrial chain with ethylene as the key component, isocyanates as the intermediate stage, and fine chemical intermediates such as polyisocyanates and polycarbonates, along with fine chemical products like coatings and adhesives, as the end products. At the same time, by introducing international industry giants and using advanced manufacturing processes to produce high-value-added new products, a gap in the domestic market was filled. 　　3. Enterprises settled in
Currently, multinational corporations such as BP Chemicals (UK), BASF (Germany), Bayer (Germany), Evonik (Germany), Huntsman (USA), Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (Japan), and Mitsui Chemicals (Japan), as well as world-renowned utility companies like Suez Group (France), Vopak (Netherlands), Air Liquide (France), and Praxair (USA) have established their presence in the area. In 2015, the total amount of foreign investment attracted reached $27 billion. Fixed-asset investment amounted to 130 billion yuan in total. Annual sales revenue ranged from 130 billion to 150 billion yuan, while various taxes collected that year totaled 7 billion yuan. The goal of building the chemical industrial zone is to make it one of the largest, most concentrated, and highest-standard first-class petrochemical hubs in Asia. 　　II. Huizhou Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone
1. Overview of the Zone
The Huizhou Daya Bay (**-level) Economic and Technological Development Zone was established in May 1993 with approval from the State Council. It administers 3 sub-district offices: Aotou, Xiqu, and Xiayong. The land area is 293 square kilometers, accounting for 2.58% of Huizhou City’s total area. The maritime area (including islands) covers 1,319 square kilometers, accounting for 29.19% of Huizhou City’s total area; the coastline stretches 63.1 kilometers, making up 22.42% of Huizhou City’s total coastline length. The permanent population is 208,500 people, accounting for 4.33% of Huizhou City’s total population. In 2016, the regional GDP reached 43.78 billion yuan, representing a growth rate of 5.8%. The added value of industrial enterprises above a certain scale was 35.03 billion yuan, representing a growth of 5.3%; fixed asset investment amounted to 39.61 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 9.6%; industrial investment was 20.61 billion yuan, showing a growth of 11.0%; public fiscal budget revenue totaled 4.7 billion yuan. 　　2. Key Industries In the petrochemical sector, the park focuses on developing five major industrial clusters: the C2 downstream industry chain, the C3 downstream industry chain, the C4 downstream industry chain as well as petrochemical by-products, the aromatic compounds downstream industry chain, and specialty chemicals for the fine chemical industry. Efforts are made to attract investment for high-end fine chemical and new chemical material projects; priority is given to the development of downstream industry chain projects related to ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, carbon tetrafluoride, and carbon pentafluoride. At the same time, efforts are made to introduce a number of fine chemical projects involving high-end synthetic rubbers and synthetic resins that have good market prospects. Leveraging the two major projects of CNOOC’s 12 million-ton refining facility and CNOOC Shell’s 950,000-ton ethylene plant, a total of 79 projects have been established in the petrochemical zone, with a total investment of 167.8 billion yuan. A preliminary industrial structure covering the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the petrochemical industry has taken shape. Driven by companies such as BYD and Dongfeng Honda in the electronics and automotive industries, Daya Bay District has developed into an important port-based industrial hub on the east bank of the Pearl River Delta, characterized by the concentrated development of industries such as petrochemicals, electronic information, and automotive manufacturing. In recent years, Daya Bay Area has regarded enhancing the region’s independent innovation capability as a key measure to promote the transformation of its economic development model; as a result, high-tech industries and strategic emerging industries have also seen rapid development. 　　3. Enterprises Located There The petrochemical zone has attracted international giants in the chemical and related industries from over 20 countries and regions, including the United States, Japan, and the Netherlands. 　　CNOOC Shell’s 950,000 tons per year ethylene plant was put into operation in 2006, while CNOOC Huiyang’s first-phase refinery with a capacity of 12 million tons per year was commissioned in 2009. 　　The expansion and renovation of CNOOC Huiyan Phase II with a capacity of 22 million tons per year (including 12 million tons from Phase I), along with the 1 million ton per year ethylene production facility, began construction on July 9, 2013. According to the construction plan, the refinery with a capacity of 10 million tons per year is set to be completed and put into operation by the end of 2016, while the ethylene production facility will be completed and operational by June 2017. Once these projects are in operation, they will generate an additional annual revenue of 82 billion yuan. 　　Driven by oil refining and ethylene projects, a large number of mid- and downstream petrochemical projects have been established, including those from BASF in Germany, Clariant in Switzerland, LG Chem in South Korea, Mitsubishi Rayon and Bridgestone in Japan, as well as Formosa Plastics and Lee & Man Group in Taiwan. The main products involved include styrene-butadiene latex, surfactants, ABS, methyl methacrylate (MMA), synthetic rubber SBR, thermoplastic elastomer SBS, acrylic acid and its esters, among others. 　　III. Ningbo Petrochemical Economic and Technological Development Zone
1. Overview of the Zone
The Ningbo Chemical Industry Zone is located on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay. It corresponds to the Shanghai Jinshan Petrochemical and Caojing Chemical Industry Zones on the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay. Situated in the heart of the Yangtze River Delta petrochemical industry cluster, it constitutes a vital component of the Hangzhou Bay petrochemical industry circle. It is the only specialized petrochemical industrial park in Ningbo, with a total planned area of 56.22 square kilometers. On December 30, 2010, with the approval of the State Council, the Ningbo Chemical Industry Zone was officially upgraded to a **-level economic and technological development zone, and renamed Ningbo Petrochemical Economic and Technological Development Zone. The park houses China’s largest Zhenhai liquid chemical terminal, with an annual handling capacity of over 5 million tons ； It has Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co., the largest refining and chemical enterprise in the country, with an annual capacity of 25 million tons of oil refining and 1 million tons of ethylene production. Guided by the concept of a circular economy in the petrochemical industry, the Ningbo Petrochemical Economic and Technological Development Zone has defined its overall industrial orientation. Backed by the \"refining and ethylene\" projects and relying on liquid chemical terminals, and using olefins and aromatics as primary raw materials, it focuses on developing a petrochemical industry characterized by downstream ethylene products, synthetic resins, and basic organic chemical raw materials, thereby gradually establishing an integrated petrochemical industry chain that encompasses both upstream and downstream processes. 　　2. Key Industries 　　The park is planned in three phases: in the initial stage, the focus will be on the deep processing of imported primary raw materials. The main projects will involve the deep processing of imported raw materials, fine chemical manufacturing, and polymer processing. Areas for basic chemical raw materials, synthetic materials, polymer processing, and fine chemicals will be established ； The mid-term goal is to develop a modern, large-scale petrochemical zone led by Zhenhai Refining & Chemical’s “large-scale oil refining and ethylene production” projects, with a focus on multiple series of chemical products ； The long-term goal is to further develop large and medium-sized integrated oil refining and chemical projects, striving to build a large-scale petrochemical complex on a world-class scale. The park is divided into five functional zones within the planned area: the ethylene and downstream industries zone, the large-scale synthetic resin industry zone, the basic organic chemical raw materials industry zone, the fine chemicals and new chemical materials industry zone, and the long-term development zone located in Longshan, Cixi City. 　　3. Enterprises Operating in the Park 　　As of the end of 2014, there were 118 productive enterprises operating in the park. The total amount of industrial investment made there exceeded 75 billion yuan, while the total amount of foreign direct investment received amounted to 620 million US dollars. The park is home to Zhenhai Refining & Chemical, the largest refining and chemical enterprise in the country, with an annual capacity of 25 million tons of oil refining and 1 million tons of ethylene production. In addition, other companies that have established operations in the park include AkzoNobel from the Netherlands, LG Yongheung from South Korea, Total, Fude Energy, Daiichi Sankyo Chemical and Chinyang Chemical from Japan, Juhua Technology, and Hangzhou Bay Acrylic. In recent years, many of the world’s top 500 companies have set up operations in Ningbo, injecting new momentum into the city’s economic development. As of the end of July 2016, 49 Fortune Global 500 companies had invested in 110 projects in Ningbo. The total investment amounted to $11.07 billion, with contracted foreign investment reaching $4.58 billion and actual foreign investment totaling $3.41 billion. 　　IV. Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park 1. Introduction to the Park Located in Liuhe District, Nanjing, the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park is a **-level chemical industrial park. It is China’s second major petrochemical hub after Shanghai. Its planned area is 45 square kilometers in the short term, with a long-term plan to expand it to 100 square kilometers. The chemical industrial park will be built to the standard of \"world-class and number one in China,\" with ethylene, acetic acid, and chlorine-based chemicals as its three key industries, and it will engage in deep cooperation with global petrochemical giants. 　　Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park focuses on the development of petrochemicals, basic organic chemical raw materials, fine chemicals, polymer materials, new types of chemical materials, and life sciences and pharmaceutical projects. Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park is a key project for Nanjing’s economic development in the new century, and it is also one of the chemical industry bases that Sinopec Group focuses on developing. 　　By the end of 2015, approximately 200 billion yuan had been invested in the industrial zones of this park; 148 enterprises of various types had been established and put into operation, including 62 foreign-invested enterprises. More than 20 companies from the Fortune Global 500 and the top 50 chemical companies in the world, such as BASF, BP, Huntsman, and Air Products, have set up operations in this park. This has given rise to an industrial development framework characterized by new materials, life sciences, and high-end specialty chemicals, and the scale of this industry as well as its overall competitiveness rank among the top in similar parks across the country. 　　2. Dominant Industries
The park has now developed a modern chemical industry system characterized by two main industrial chains—petrochemicals and C1 chemistry—with new materials, life sciences, and high-end fine chemicals serving as key components. The park has a wide variety of basic raw materials and bulk chemical inputs, along with large production capacity. It has become one of the largest ethylene production bases in the country, one of the largest epoxy industry bases globally, one of the largest acetic acid and its derivatives production bases worldwide, one of the largest aromatic hydrocarbon bases in China, one of the largest polymer materials production bases in the nation, and the largest methanol distribution center in East China. 　　3. Enterprises settled in the area 　By the end of 2014, a total of 25.42 square kilometers of land had been developed for industrial use, and 320 enterprises had established operations there, including 109 foreign-funded companies. Among these were more than 30 companies from the Fortune 500 list, as well as top companies in the global chemical industry and in various niche markets. 148 various types of enterprises were established and put into operation. The total amount of fixed asset investment across the economy reached 165.9 billion yuan. In 2014, the output value was 196.8 billion yuan, sales revenue was 196.2 billion yuan, and profits and taxes amounted to 15.7 billion yuan. The main enterprises in the park include Yangzi Petrochemical, Yangzi BASF, Yangzi BP, Yangzi Eastman, Wison Clean Energy, Celanese, Ashland, Wacker, Sasol, Lanxess Adisseo, Jinling DSM, Jinling Huntsman, Air Products, Linde Gas, Praxair, and others. 　　V. Ningbo Daxie Development Zone 　　1. Introduction to the Zone 　　The Daxie Development Zone was established in March 1993 with the approval of the State Council. It covers an area of 35.2 km2, of which 19.6 km2 is designated for construction purposes. It is a development zone of ** level, characterized by its focus on port-related industries, as well as its pleasant living and working conditions. After 22 years of development and construction, Daxie Development Zone has grown into one of Ningbo’s three major petrochemical industry hubs, a core area of Ningbo Port, and an important energy transit base in East China. 　　The Daxie Development Zone has accumulated fixed asset investments of 49.85 billion yuan. In 2014, the total industrial output value reached 54.15 billion yuan, while the total fiscal revenue amounted to 11.15 billion yuan. It is one of the regions in Zhejiang Province with the highest investment scale and output per unit area. The Daxie Port area achieved a cargo handling volume of 80.52 million tons, and a container handling volume of 2.55 million TEUs. Daxie has a permanent population of 47,000 people. 　　2. Key Industries 　Daxie has developed four major industrial clusters with significant agglomeration effects and competitive advantages, namely the Wanhua Industrial Park, CNOOC Daxie Petrochemical Production Base, Mitsubishi Chemical Industrial Park, and Xiebei New Materials Industrial Park. The region boasts production capacities of 3 million tons of asphalt (equivalent to 8 million tons of crude oil processing capacity), 1.2 million tons of MDI, 500,000 tons of caustic soda, 400,000 tons of liquid chlorine, 700,000 tons of PTA, 300,000 tons of PVC, 110,000 tons of polyether, and 25,000 tons of PTMG. 　　3. Enterprises Located There A number of world’s top 500 companies and industry leaders, such as CNOOC, Wanhua Chemical, Donghua Energy, as well as Mitsubishi Chemical of Japan, Hanwha Chemical of South Korea, Linde Gas of Germany, Hansol Petrochemical of Germany, and Liwan Group, have settled there. This has given rise to four major industrial parks: the Wanhua Industrial Park, the CNOOC Daxie Petrochemical Production Base, the Mitsubishi Chemical Industrial Park, and the Xiebei New Materials Industrial Park. 　　VI. Jiangsu Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park 1. Introduction to the Park In 2001, the People’s Government of Jiangsu Province approved the establishment of the Jiangsu Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park as an industrial zone complementary to the free trade zone. The park is the largest fine chemical park in the Yangtze River basin, with a total planned area of 24 square kilometers; 13.78 square kilometers of it have already been developed. In 2014, the park achieved an industrial output value of 61.5 billion yuan, sales revenue of 68 billion yuan, and profits and taxes totaling 1.351 billion yuan. The cumulative fixed-asset investment reached 7.028 billion yuan. 　　2. Key Industries 　　At present, the industrial clustering in this park is prominent, and its industrial chain layout has clear advantages. Several competitive industrial chains have been established, including those in silicone products (the largest in China at present), high-performance materials (the park is home to a number of well-known companies in areas such as phenolic resins, nylon plastics, special engineering plastic alloys, special epoxy resins, polypropylene terephthalate, and UV-curable resins), lithium-ion battery chemicals (with the highest production volumes of lithium hexafluorophosphate and electrolytes in China), fine chemicals (the largest production base for fatty acids in China), and basic chemicals (the largest sulfur-based acid production facility in China). 　　3. Enterprises Operating in This Sector 　　Currently, there are 97 chemical-related enterprises in total, of which 39 are manufacturing companies, 40 are enterprises that use chemical products, and 18 are chemical storage companies. Among them, 68 are foreign-funded enterprises; notable examples include DuPont, Dow, Corning, Honeywell, and PPG from the United States, Wacker, Zöllner, Messer, Air Liquide, and Freudenberg from Europe, Mitsubishi, Asahi Kasei, Nittetsu, Hokkoshi, Morita, and Nippon Paint from Japan, and Galaxy from Australia ； There are 29 domestic-funded enterprises; representative companies include the listed firms Huachang Chemical and Donghua Energy, as well as industry leaders such as Shuangshi Fine Chemicals and Guotai Huarong. Among them, there are 65 large-scale enterprises, 30 companies on the Fortune Global 500 list, and 12 among the top 20 chemical companies in the world. 　　VII. Taixing Economic Development Zone, Jiangsu Province 1. Introduction to the zone The Taixing Economic Development Zone in Jiangsu Province was established in 1993. It is one of the first 13 provincial-level development zones in Jiangsu Province, as well as one of the earliest specialized fine chemical parks in China. The total planned area of the development zone is 68 square kilometers, with the built-up core area covering nearly 20 square kilometers. It is divided into functional zones such as a fine chemicals park, a high-tech industrial park, a port logistics park, a chemical equipment manufacturing park, and an administrative and business center. 　　2. Key Industries 　　At present, the park has developed industrial clusters with well-defined supply chains in areas such as chlor-alkali products, dyes and pigments, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, oleochemicals, and other fine chemicals. It has become the world’s largest production base for high-quality chloroacetic acid and polysulfide rubber ； The largest polyacrylamide production base in the Asia-Pacific region ； The largest domestic production bases for carboxymethyl cellulose and acrylic acid, as well as for reactive dyes ； The output of ion-exchange membrane caustic soda currently ranks among the top three in the country. 　　3. Enterprises入驻ing the park
Currently, the park has successfully attracted over 100 enterprises from more than 20 countries and regions, including Singapore, the Netherlands, France, and the United States. Among them, there are 12 Fortune Global 500 companies. The chlor-alkali industry in the chemical industrial park is the most distinctive among similar parks across the country; it boasts complete upstream and downstream supporting facilities and a fairly complete industrial chain. Its downstream products have been extended to various fields such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemical additives, and engineering plastics. The park hosts more than 20 enterprises, including Singapore’s Sinpo Chemicals and France’s Aisen Flocculants Company. 　　VIII. Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Park 1. Introduction to the Park In October 2003, the Party committees of Yangzhou and Yizheng, along with the relevant municipal and county authorities, collaborated to plan and develop the Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Park. The park is a provincial-level development zone and was approved by the **Development and Reform Commission in May 2006. The park is located in the southwest of Yizheng City, bordered by the Xupu River in Yizheng to the east, the Yangtze River’s key waterway to the south, Liuhe District in Nanjing to the west, and the Ningtu Expressway to the north. With a planned area of 62 square kilometers, it is divided into seven distinct zones: a raw material industrial zone, the Yizheng Chemical Fiber Factory zone, a fine chemicals zone, a logistics and warehousing zone, a utility engineering zone, an ecological development zone, and a residential and supporting facilities zone. 　　2. Key Industries 　　The park has initially developed an industrial structure in which olefins and aromatics serve as key sectors, with further growth seen in industries such as petrochemicals, fine chemicals, new chemical materials, and petrochemical logistics. 　　(1) Propylene industry chain: A propylene industry chain has been formed, with heavy oil catalytic cracking as the core and acrylic alcohol and phenol/propane as supporting elements. 　　(2) Ethylene industry chain: A polyethylene industry chain is formed, with ethylene as the core and ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, EA/EOD, etc. as supporting components. 　　(3) Aromatic hydrocarbon industry chain: An aromatic hydrocarbon industry chain has initially taken shape, with purified terephthalic acid (PTA) as the core, supported by polyester, biaxially oriented film, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), biomass chips, and recycled bottle flakes. 　　(4) High-end fine chemical and new chemical materials industries: Four major industries have initially taken shape, including high-performance fiber materials led by aromatics, fine specialty chemicals led by propylene, fine specialty chemicals derived from ethylene led by ethylene, and functional polymer materials represented by epoxy resins, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, and organic fluorine materials. 　　3. Enterprises Based in the Park 　　At present, the park is home to a number of major petrochemical companies from home and abroad, including Taiwan’s Far East Group, Donglian Chemical, Dalian Chemical Industry, **Kianto Group, Japan’s Toray, Sumitomo Seika, Daiyo Nippon Sanso, the United States’ Praxair, the United Kingdom’s Bona, South Korea’s Kumho, Singapore’s Keppel Group, Zhuhai Hengjidaxin, Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fibers, CNPC Kunlun Natural Gas, Sinochem International, China Huadian Group, Sinochem Yangnong Group, and Liaoning Aoke Chemical. In 2014, the total business revenue reached 109.5 billion yuan, while the cumulative fixed-asset investment amounted to 41.6 billion yuan. 　　IX. Zibo Qilu Chemical Industry Zone 1. Introduction to the Zone The Qilu Chemical Industry Zone is an important cooperation project between Shandong Province and Sinopec Group; it is the third specialized chemical industry zone to be approved for establishment, following the Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone and the Nanjing Chemical Industry Zone. The planned area is 48 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are already developed areas such as those belonging to Qilu Petrochemical Company; the newly planned development area covers 26 square kilometers. It is divided into 6 functional zones: a core area, a fine chemicals park, a plastic processing zone, an export processing zone, a warehousing and logistics zone, and a new materials industrial park. Since its establishment in September 2002, the Management Committee of the Chemical Industry Zone has made it a priority to improve the ecological environment, strengthen infrastructure, and focus on attracting investment as key aspects for accelerating the development of the zone. The favorable environment has provided strong impetus for the growth of this chemical industry zone; in 2011, it was designated as a demonstration base for new-type industrialization in Shandong Province. 　　2. Dominant Industries
Leveraging the advantages of the petrochemical industry in Linzi District, efforts are being made to vigorously develop further-processed products. The focus is on extending five major industrial chains: petrochemicals, fine chemicals, new chemical materials, C1 chemistry, and plastics and machinery processing. First, priority will be given to the development of projects related to ethylene oxide, EPDM, butyl octanol, propylene oxide, acrylonitrile, polypropylene composite paper, EPDM, methylethyl ketone, MTBE, polyisobutylene, isoprene, maleic anhydride, 1,4-butanediol, terephthalic acid, hydrogenated petroleum resins, and high-quality solvent oils. Second, it is necessary to vigorously develop various types of modifying additives, increase efforts in research and development related to the combination of raw materials and additives as well as in the transformation of such research results, with a focus on the development of engineering plastics and modified rubbers. Thirdly, efforts should be focused on developing special materials for synthetic resins, engineering plastics, and polyoxymethylene (POM), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polycarbonate (PC), polyamide (PA), and carbon fiber within plastic alloys; ultra-fine powder materials; new silicone materials; and inorganic products that serve the microelectronics, information, and energy industries. Fourth, build a coal chemical industry chain based on the existing syngas derivatives, namely urea and methanol. Fifthly, it features plastic films, plastic woven products, rubber products, plastic pipes, chemical containers, and specialized plastic pellets as its key products, producing engineering plastics with properties such as cold resistance, heat resistance, and flame retardancy. 　　3. Enterprises Settling In 　　A number of large domestic and international enterprises have been introduced and established, including Eastman from the United States, BOC from the United Kingdom, Perstorp from Sweden, Inco from the United States, and Qixiang Tengda. In 2013, there were 223 enterprises of a certain scale within the park; the total industrial output value reached 136.5 billion yuan (including Qilu Petrochemical), while profits and taxes amounted to 17.426 billion yuan. Fixed asset investment totaled 7.557 billion yuan, and the number of employees was over 80,000. The production volumes of products such as C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, aromatic hydrocarbon processing products, phthalic anhydride, carbonylation products, DOP (dioctyl phthalate), DBP (dibutyl phthalate), chemical plastic additives, and other similar products are among the highest in the country; the products of some of these companies hold an important position in both domestic and international markets. 　　X. Dongying Port Economic Development Zone 1. Introduction to the zone The Dongying Port Economic Development Zone was established in April 2006 with the approval of the provincial authorities as a provincial-level economic development zone. It is located on the southwest coast of the Bohai Bay, 100 kilometers north of Dongying City. This development zone serves as a key area and a priority for the development of the efficient ecological economic zone in the Yellow River Delta. The initial development area covers 102 square kilometers, the planned control area amounts to 232 square kilometers, and the long-term development area spans 466 square kilometers. The zone focuses on the development of four main industries: ecological chemicals, modern logistics, equipment manufacturing, and strategic emerging industries. 　　2. Key Industries The development zone focuses on fostering distinctive and competitive industries such as modern logistics, eco-chemicals, and marine equipment manufacturing. The chemical industry currently has relatively well-developed carbon three and carbon four industrial chains, while the ethylene and aromatics industrial chains are gradually expanding. 　　3. Enterprises settling in the area: Special emphasis is placed on attracting the development of three port-related logistics parks – those operated by CNOOC, Wantong, and Baogang – with a total investment of over 8 billion yuan, as well as the construction of CNOOC’s 15-million-ton crude oil landing terminal project in the Bohai Bay. Projects such as Wanda Tianhong, Huamao New Materials, Haikereilin, Exxon, and Shenchili Petrochemical have been successfully put into operation ； The first phase of the large-scale mixed aromatics project by United Petrochemical, with a total investment of 18 billion yuan, was completed and put into operation in the second half of 2015. 　　XI. China Chemical New Materials (Jiaxing) Park 1. Introduction to the Park The chemical industry park in Jiaxing Port Area is one of the main functional zones of the Zhapu Economic Development Zone in Zhejiang Province. It has a planned area of 10 square kilometers, of which about 6 square kilometers have been developed so far. In the early years, the park’s polycarbonate output reached 103,000 tons, accounting for over 50% of the country’s total production ； The production capacity of silicone mixed monomers is 60,000 tons, ranking third in the country ； The production capacity of the new type of flame retardant is 55,000 tons, ranking first in the country. With the commissioning of a number of large-scale projects such as Hesheng Chemical and polysilicon, this industrial park will become an influential base for chemical new materials in the Yangtze River Delta and even across the country, in terms of production capacity, market share, sales revenue, and independent innovation. 　　2. Key Industries 　　The park is currently focusing on the development of port-related industries centered on new chemical materials, organic chemical raw materials, and modern logistics. Among them, the chemical new materials industry is driven by plastics, silicones, new flame retardants, polyurethanes, water treatment agents, and others. 　　3. Enterprises Located There 　　At present, there are over 40 major chemical enterprises located in this area. Among them, the foreign-invested enterprises come from various countries and regions such as Japan, the United States, South Korea, the Netherlands, Canada, **, and Taiwan. Well-known international companies such as Shell (a British-Dutch company), Teijin of Japan, Tosoh Chemical, Lotte of South Korea, and Hyosung of South Korea have all set up operations in this park ； In the domestic industry, enterprises with considerable strength such as Zhejiang Jiahua Energy Chemical, Sanjiang Chemical, Hesheng Silicon Industry, Zhejiang Transfar, Zhejiang Xinhui Synthetic Materials, and Jiaxing Petrochemical have also seen a number of projects with investments of over 1 billion RMB come online one after another. In 2014, the chemical new materials industry achieved an industrial output value of 38.3 billion yuan. 　　XII. Cangzhou Lingang Economic and Technological Development Zone 1. Introduction to the zone The development zone is located in the southeastern part of Hebei Province, covering a total area of 268 square kilometers with a population of 42,000 people. As one of the key areas for development driven by policy, it is an important part of the economic integration in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area, and is included in Hebei Province’s \"one core and two wings\" economic development strategy. 　　2. Key Industries The development zone has given rise to major projects such as 630,000 tons of PVC, 150,000 tons of TDI, 2 million tons of cement, 360,000 tons of chlor-alkali chemicals, 2×350 MW cogeneration units, 600,000 tons of synthetic ammonia along with 800,000 tons of urea, 20,000 tons of catalysts, 100,000 tons of flavors and fragrances, 200,000 tons of intermediates for pharmaceuticals and pesticides, as well as 200,000 tons of specialty chemicals in total. This has created an industrial cluster near the port, with petrochemicals, coal chemicals, and fine chemicals as its key industries. 　　3. Enterprises Located in the Park 　　The park is home to a number of well-known domestic and international chemical enterprises, such as Sinopec Group, China Resources Group, Jizhong Energy Group, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Veolia Environment S.A., Air Liquide Group, Beijing JinYu Group, and Yangmei Zhengyuan Group, as well as specialized companies in utility services and logistics that support these enterprises. Currently, there are a total of 118 enterprises in the development zone, including 23 enterprises that are above designated size. In 2014, the development zone achieved an industrial added value of 12.576 billion yuan. 　　XIII. Quangang Petrochemical Industrial Park 1. Introduction to the Park Quangang District is located on the southeast coast of China, in the central part of Fujian Province, on the southern shore of Meizhou Bay. The planned area of the park is 29.6 square kilometers, which is divided into four zones based on industrial layout: Fairyland, Nanshan, Chlor-alkali, and Yangyu; 12.82 square kilometers of this area have already been developed. 　　2. Key Industries The park adheres to the development concept of “large-scale projects – industrial chains – industrial clusters – industrial bases,” and has planned to establish 9 industrial chains, including a diversified olefin raw material industrial chain, C4 and C5 comprehensive utilization industrial chains, an ethylene + benzene industrial chain, an propylene industrial chain, and a benzene industrial chain. Projects that are already in operation include Fujian United Chemical’s 14 million tons per year oil refining and 1.1 million tons per year ethylene production facility, Linde Gas’ two air separation units with a total capacity of 80,000 cubic meters per hour, Henghe Chemical’s 100,000 tons per year dimethyl ether production facility, Quanning Chemical’s 6,300 tons per year heavy packaging film production facility, Hongrun Company’s 120,000 tons per year polystyrene resin production facility, Dongxin Company’s 60,000 tons per year ** production facility, Meizhou Bay Chlor-Alkali Company’s 100,000 tons per year ion-exchange membrane caustic soda production facility, 60,000 tons per year polybutylene terephthalate production facility, 40,000 tons per year propylene oxide production facility, 50,000 tons per year polyether production facility, 40,000 tons per year 1,4-butanediol production facility, and Fuxiao Company’s 100,000 tons per year styrene-butadiene rubber production facility and 50,000 tons per year synthetic rubber production facility. 　　3. Enterprises Located There 　　Nearly 30 large-scale petrochemical enterprises are currently located there, including ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Sinopec, Linde Gas, Ganga Chemicals, Quanning Chemicals, Hongrun Company, Dongxin Company, Meizhou Bay Chlor-Alkali Company, and Fuxiao Company. Among them, Fujian United Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is a large-scale Sino-foreign joint venture in the petrochemical industry, established with capital contributions from Fujian Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd., ExxonMobil China Petrochemical Company, and Saudi Aramco China Co., Ltd. In 2014, the output value of the petrochemical industry exceeded 80 billion yuan. 　　XIV. Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone
1. Introduction to the Zone
In 2001 and 2003, Chongqing Municipal Government approved the establishment of the Chongqing Changshou Chemical Industry Park and the Chongqing Yanjia Industrial Park, respectively. In 2010, with approval from the State Council, the Chongqing Changshou Chemical Industry Park was upgraded to a **-level economic and technological development zone. In 2011, the municipal authorities decided to integrate the Yanjia Industrial Park in Chongqing into the Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone. With a planned area of 73.6 square kilometers, this zone is intended to focus on the development of five key industries: iron and steel metallurgy, new materials and new energy, equipment manufacturing, natural gas chemistry, and petrochemicals. 　　2. Key Industries The economic development zone focuses on developing five industrial clusters: natural gas chemicals, petrochemicals, new materials and new energy, advanced steel production, and equipment manufacturing. It is planned to achieve an industrial output value of 300 billion yuan by 2020. 　　Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works is investing over 30 billion yuan to build the largest, most comprehensive, and technologically advanced new materials base for natural gas chemical industry in China. The MDI project, solely funded by Germany’s BASF, was successfully commissioned on April 29, 2015. Yunnan Yuntianhua Corporation, the largest polyoxymethylene production base in China, has invested in the construction of a 60,000-ton/year polyoxymethylene project. 　　The park is developing an integrated heavy oil chemical project that includes products such as ethylene, propylene, isobutylene, butadiene, benzene, acetone, and bisphenol A. These products can serve as key raw materials for engineering plastics. 　　3. Enterprises Based in the Park The park has successfully attracted companies such as BP from the UK, Sinopec Group, CNPC, BASF from Germany, DSM from the Netherlands, Linde Gas from Germany, Praxair from the United States, Sinochem International, COSCO Logistics, Kumho from South Korea, Degussa from Germany, Dalke from France, **Jiantao Chemical Group, and Yuntianhua Co., Ltd. 　　15. Maoming High-Tech Economic and Technological Development Zone 1. Introduction to the zone With the rapid development of the petrochemical industry in Maoming, the Maoming Petrochemical Industrial Zone in Guangdong Province was established in 2003. In 2011, it was recognized by the Guangdong Provincial Government as a provincial-level high-tech industrial development zone. Since then, Maoming High-Tech Industrial Development Zone was established, growing from nothing to something, from small to large. After more than 50 years of development, Maoming has become the largest petrochemical base in Guangdong Province and one of the largest integrated oil refining and chemical production bases in China. Aiming to build a world-class petrochemical industry base, Maoming High-Tech Industrial Development Zone seizes the opportunities presented by the development of strategic emerging industries. By leveraging its strong petrochemical industry foundation and local resource advantages, it has established a \"131\" industrial framework that is based on petrochemicals and fine chemicals as key industries, supported by three strategic emerging industries – new materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, and biology and health – with modern service industries serving as a complement. This approach facilitates a transition from a park development driven by a single industry to one where multiple technology-based industries work together to support growth. 　　2. Key Industries 　　Relying on the industrial foundation of Maoming’s petrochemical sector and leveraging its industrial advantages, the high-tech zone makes great efforts to promote the clustered development of industries. Efforts are focused on promoting the development of key industries such as ethylene oxide, ethylene, propylene, C4-C5 and C9 hydrocarbons, aromatics, fine chemicals, advanced oil processing, and rubber and plastic manufacturing. To date, four major petrochemical industry clusters have been established, covering crude oil refining and advanced oil processing (such as lubricants, paraffin oils, solvents, etc.), the production of organic chemical raw materials (C4, C5, C9 hydrocarbons, etc.), polymer synthetic materials (polyethylene, synthetic resins, isoprene rubber), and fine chemicals (iso-nonyl alcohol, ethylene propylene glycol amine, and various products derived from ethylene oxide, etc.). 　　3. Enterprises Based in the Park 　　Mao Ming High-Tech Zone takes Maoming Petrochemical as its industrial backbone. While continuously extending the petrochemical industry chain, it adheres to a strategy of diversified industrial development. In line with the principles of a circular economy, it keeps improving the supporting facilities such as utility pipelines and transportation roads within the park, enhancing the efficiency of administrative services, and creating a favorable environment for enterprise development. A number of world’s top 500 companies, including Sinopec, German BASF, French Air Liquide, and Japanese Hanada Ink, have set up operations in this park. Well-known domestic enterprises such as Guangdong Aoke, Jiahua Chemical, and Shandong LuHua are also located here, thus forming a diversified industrial system centered on the chemical industry, combined with equipment manufacturing, new materials, food processing, and e-commerce logistics. In 2015, the High-Tech Zone achieved a total industrial output value of over 50 billion yuan. 　　16. Wuhan Chemical Industry Park 1. Introduction to the Park The Wuhan Chemical Industry Zone is the youngest functional area in Wuhan; it is an important part of the city’s four major industrial sectors, and it represents the largest petrochemical industry base in the central region. The Wuhan Chemical Industry Zone is located in the northeast part of Wuhan’s main urban area. It borders the Yangtze River to the east and north, adjoins the East Lake High-Tech Development Zone to the south, and reaches Qingshan District to the west. It lies in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River within Wuhan. The total planned area of the district is 71.64 square kilometers, with 11 square kilometers already developed, and the population is 65,000 people. 　　2. Key Industries The Wuhan Chemical Industry Zone has developed an industrial framework featuring “one core, four chains, and three clusters”. Centered around 800,000 tons of ethylene, four industrial chains for C5, C9, ethylene oxide, and aromatics have been established, initially giving rise to three industrial clusters in the fields of petrochemicals, chemical logistics, and new materials. 　　3. Enterprises Based in the Area 　　Currently, there are 316 enterprises operating in this area. A number of well-known international and domestic companies have been attracted here, including South Korea’s SK, Sinopec, China Resources, France’s Suez, Singapore’s Hengyang, Lino Group, Shandong LuHua, Liaoning Aoke, and Changfei Fiber Optic. By the end of 2014, the total fixed asset investment in the region had reached 50.6 billion yuan. 　　17. Jiangsu High-Tech Fluorine Chemistry Industrial Park 1. Introduction to the Park The Jiangsu Changshu New Materials Industrial Park was established in October 1999, and in July 2001 it was approved by the People’s Government of Jiangsu Province as the “Jiangsu High-Tech Fluorine Chemistry Industrial Park”. Due to its distinct industrial characteristics and advantages in the field of fluorine chemicals, it was named \"China Fluorine Chemical Industry Park\" by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association in December 2006. In July 2008, in order to further promote the development of the industrial park and implement the policies aimed at fostering the growth of the new materials industry, it was given the name “Jiangsu Changshu New Materials Industrial Park”. It became the fourth largest economic sector in Changshu City, with a focus on developing industries such as new materials, fluorine chemicals, fine chemicals, and biomedicine. 　　2. Dominant Industries
The park focuses on developing six major industries: organic fluorine materials, high-performance membrane materials, special fibers, engineering plastics, polyurethane materials, and electronic chemical materials. 　　3. Enterprises settled in the park
To date, the park has attracted over 60 enterprises, including more than 20 foreign-funded companies. Renowned domestic and international firms such as DuPont from the United States, Daikin of Japan, Arkema from France, Daikin and Goo Chemical of Japan, Solvay from Belgium, New Zealand’s NexPEX, as well as Shanghai 3F, Shanghai Yunfeng, and Yantai Huada have all set up operations here. The total investment by these enterprises exceeds $1.5 billion. 　　XVIII. China Petrochemical (Qinzhou) Industrial Park
1. Overview of the Park
The China Petrochemical (Qinzhou) Industrial Park is located within the Qinzhou Port Economic and Technological Development Zone—a key core industrial area under development in the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone of Guangxi. In August 2012, it successfully passed the evaluation conducted by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, thus becoming the fourth such park nationwide, and the only park named “China Petrochemical” in the southwestern and southern Chinese economic regions. The planned area of the park is 36 square kilometers, with approximately 28.6 km2 available for use. Currently, the projects that have been established there and those under negotiation occupy around 15.8 km2 of this area, leaving approximately 14 km2 of land available. 　　2. Key Industries 　　Relying on CNPC’s ten-million-ton oil refining facility, Hua Yi’s industrial gas complex, and the methanol-to-olefins project, the park focuses on developing four major industrial chains: one for the processing and value addition of oil refining by-products, a polyester industry chain, an olefins diversification industry chain, and phosphorus chemicals and biochemicals industry chains. 　　3. Enterprises Located There 　At present, around 20 petrochemical manufacturing enterprises have set up operations in this area, including 3 foreign-funded companies. The total amount of fixed investment in these enterprises amounts to approximately 70 billion yuan. The industrial output value of these enterprises exceeds 50 billion yuan, while their tax contributions amount to over 7 billion yuan. Notable among them are China National Petroleum Corporation Guangxi Petrochemical Company, Guangxi Yuchai Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Qinzhou Tianheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd., China Power Investment Beibu Gulf (Guangxi) Thermal Power Co., Ltd., Guangxi Qinzhou Chengxing Chemical Technology Co., Ltd., Guangxi Hongda Bioenergy Technology Co., Ltd., and Qinzhou Shengke Water Services Company. 　　19. Jilin City Chemical Industry Circular Economy Demonstration Park 1. Introduction to the Park The Jilin Chemical Industry Circular Economy Demonstration Park (abbreviated as Jilin Chemical Park) was established in October 2008 with approval from the provincial authorities; it covers an area of 59.8 square kilometers and enjoys the management powers and preferential policies associated with provincial-level development zones. The industrial park adheres to the principles of \"resource sharing, industry integration, optimized layout, advanced logistics, and safety and environmental protection.\" It makes full use of the regional advantages in raw materials and industries, and strives to establish deep cooperation with chemical enterprises at home and abroad in order to create a chemical industry park worth hundreds of billions. 　　2. Key Industries The area where the Jilin Chemical Industry Park is located is the birthplace of China’s chemical industry and an important industrial hub in Northeast China. Over the course of more than 50 years of development, a fairly complete chemical industry framework has been established, encompassing sectors such as petrochemicals, synthetic materials, and fine chemicals. There are currently over 200 various chemical enterprises in this area. The main chemical products include basic organic chemical raw materials, synthetic materials, fine chemical products, and biochemical products. Among these, there are more than 60 products that are produced on a large scale and occupy a certain share in both domestic and international markets; these include acrylonitrile, ethanol, ABS, styrene, styrene-butadiene rubber, ethylene oxide, and others. 　　3. Enterprises Located There 　　The park is home to over 40 large enterprises or groups, with CNPC Jilin Petrochemical Company being a representative example. In April 2012, taking the 300,000-ton propylene oxide production chain project as a starting point, it was historically possible to attract world-class companies such as German firms Degussa and Linde, which are part of the Fortune 500 list. These international chemical giants were able to form partnerships with top domestic enterprises like CNPC Jihua and Jilin Shenhua, thus setting a precedent for the introduction of complete international production chain projects in one go. In 2014, the park carried out 85 projects, including the diesel quality improvement project by Sinopec Jilin Petrochemical Company, the Tongtai One-Net citywide e-commerce platform, Juyuan Chemical’s 400,000-ton polyether production facility, Dadi Chemical’s comprehensive utilization of sulfur-containing waste liquids, the carbon fiber industrial park, and Dongfeng Chemical’s thermoplastic composite materials made from glass fiber mats. The total investment in these projects was 19.53 billion yuan. 　　20. Jining New Materials Industrial Park 1. Introduction to the Park The Jining New Materials Industrial Park was established in May 2009, with a planned area of 60 square kilometers; the first phase covers an area of 31 square kilometers. It is a provincial-level development zone dedicated to the advancement of the high-end new materials industry in Shandong Province. 　　The park is located at the junction of Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, and Anhui, serving as an important transportation hub where the east meets the west and the north connects to the south. High-speed railways, conventional railways, expressways, airports, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal form a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network for the park. Jining is one of the seven major chemical industry bases in China, with coal reserves of 26 billion tons and an annual output of 90 million tons of raw coal ； The reserves of rare earth minerals amount to 12.75 million tons, while the water resources amount to 5.5 billion cubic meters. The installed power capacity is 10 million kilowatts. Shandong Province leads in the production of basic chemical raw materials such as coke, methanol, and tar. Around the park, five **-level industrial bases have been established in the fields of machinery manufacturing, biotechnology, new textile materials, special-purpose vehicles, and optoelectronic industries. The city has over a dozen chemical research institutions and more than 30 colleges and universities, which provide the park with top-tier research and development capabilities as well as a strong pool of professional technical talent. The park has signed strategic cooperation agreements with research institutions and universities such as Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has appointed over 190 renowned experts and scholars from home and abroad as advisors to the park. It currently has 2 academicians, 4 talents under the Thousand Talents Program, and over 150 doctors, who help shape the direction and develop strategies for the development of the chemical industry zone. 　　Since its establishment, the park has pursued the development concept of \"five integrations\" to create a \"demonstration area for high-end materials, world-class standards, an industry worth hundreds of billions, and an ecological circular economy.\" The park adheres to a high-standard approach and comprehensive planning, aiming to develop four major industrial clusters focused on coal chemical industry, fine chemical industry, new chemical materials, and biochemical industry. It places emphasis on the development of industrial parks for coal-based new materials, graphene-based new materials, bio-based new materials, and high-end fine chemicals. Currently, following a three-tier expert review process, 36 projects have been approved to enter the park, with a total investment exceeding 40 billion yuan. Shandong Bioscience, the world’s largest producer of bio-based polyamides with independent intellectual property rights; Heimao Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading and the world’s third-largest carbon black producer; Jinlite, one of the top three domestic enterprises in graphene research and production; Danhua Group, a benchmark enterprise in coal-to-ethylene glycol production; the only domestic project related to caprolactone monomers undertaken by the Chinese Academy of Sciences; and the Veolia Waste Management Center project from France—a Fortune Global 500 company—have all been successfully established within the park. High-tech enterprises such as Baosteel Gas, Jikuang Minsheng, Kelan Kemite, Sunshine Chemical, Minsheng Thermal Energy, Yisheng Industrial, Jianbang Chemical, and Silicon Science New Materials are developing healthily. High-tech projects such as the Pilot Plant Base at Tsinghua University, Woteng Chemical, Wujing Chemical, Tongli Chemical, and Nantian Chemical are making rapid progress. High-end projects such as the polyester-amide project, ethylene glycol project, China-Russia New Materials Industrial Park project, and electronic chemicals project, with a total investment exceeding 26 billion yuan, are set to break ground soon. The products of the enterprises in this industrial park have been sold to over 100 countries and regions around the world, and good cooperative relationships have been established with international chemical giants such as BASF, Bayer, Dow, and DuPont. 　　2. Dominant Industries
Leveraging its integration advantages, the park aims at resource development, energy conversion, and comprehensive utilization. It actively fosters leading chemical enterprises and enterprise groups that are competitive both domestically and internationally. The park focuses on developing four major industrial clusters: coal chemical industry, fine chemicals, bio-chemicals, and new chemical materials. Gradually, it is taking shape as a new chemical industry zone centered on coal-based multi-product production, a high-tech industry cluster, and a modern, innovative, green, and ecological demonstration area. 　　3. Enterprises settled in
To date, among the projects that have moved into the park, there are 3 Fortune Global 500 companies, 2 central state-owned enterprises, 7 listed companies, and 15 high-tech enterprises. Enterprises with independent intellectual property rights account for as much as 80% of the total. A modern new city dedicated to the new materials industry has thus taken shape. 　　Sources: Official website of the Petrochemical Industrial Park, Baidu Baike, Shihua Yuan; compiled and published by petrochemical suppliers