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Recently, ten departments including the Hubei Provincial Emergency Management Department jointly issued the \"List of Policies Regarding the Prohibition, Restriction/Control, Phasing Out, and Encouragement of Hazardous Chemicals in Hubei Province (2025 Edition)\". According to the 2025 guidelines, there are 35 items that are prohibited, 18 items that are subject to restrictions or controls, 16 items that should be phased out, and 24 items that are encouraged. Hubei Province’s List of Policies Regarding the Prohibition, Restriction/Control, Phasing Out, and Encouragement of Hazardous Chemicals (2025 Edition) Category 1: Prohibited Projects 1. New projects for the production of ethylene, p-xylene (PX), and diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) that are not included in the relevant plans approved by **. 2. New coal-based olefin and new coal-based p-xylene (PX) projects that are not included in the **approved relevant plans. 3. Establishing or expanding backward hazardous chemical production projects that are explicitly prohibited by laws, regulations, and relevant policies (the list of such backward production projects shall be based on the authoritative lists issued by ** and the province). 4. Establish new production capacity for PVC and vinyl chloride that uses mercury. 5. Liquid-phase desulfurization process of ammonia in semi-water gas from ammonia synthesis. 6. The sulfuric acid decomposition process in the tar processing technology. 7. Ammonia synthesis: atmospheric pressure carbon monoxide shift and full medium-temperature shift (high-temperature shift) processes. 8. Synthetic ammonia L-type HN gas compressor. 9. Production of sec-butanol by the sulfuric acid indirect method. 10. Vessel-based vaporization process for liquid chlorine, vessel-type jacketed heating process for the vaporization of liquid chlorine, and chlorine liquefaction process using ammonia-cooled brine. 11. Liquid chlorine pressure packaging process. 12.5-Chloro-2-methylaniline iron powder reduction process equipment. 13. Tripedal centrifuge. 14. Manual filling equipment for liquid chlorine cylinders. 15. Open centrifuges are prohibited for handling flammable and toxic materials. 16. New and expanded projects shall use vinyl chloride gas tanks with multiple bell covers. 17. Production process for coating resins heated directly by fire. 18. Ammonium nitrate production process by normal-pressure neutralization method (excluding the comprehensive utilization project of melamine off-gases). 19. Ternary heat exchanger in the gas purification process of coal-to-methanol plants. 20. Liquid chlorine storage warehouses without a sealed and automatic absorption system. 21. A kettle-type distillation unit that uses open-flame high-temperature heating to produce petroleum products. 22. Open-type (also known as open-style) and internal combustion-type (also known as semi-enclosed or semi-open type) calcium carbide furnaces. 23. Gas heating furnaces and thermal oil furnaces without flame monitoring and flame failure protection systems (except for furnaces used in scientific research and experiments). 24. Hoses for liquefied hydrocarbons, liquid chlorine, and liquid ammonia pipelines (except metal hoses used at docks and hoses used for electronic-grade products). 25. New and expanded projects adopt the atmospheric pressure fixed-bed batch gasification process. 26. Acid-base alternating fixed-bed hydrogen peroxide production process (prohibited for new (expanded) projects; existing projects must be upgraded by 2029). 27. Technology for manually removing and discharging silicone slurry residues, and open-type slurry residue hydrolysis technology (prohibited for new (expanded) projects; existing projects must be upgraded by 2026). 28. Production process for strontium carbonate and barium carbonate using the intermittent carbonization method (with hydrogen sulfide wet gas holders) (prohibited for new (expanded) projects; the existing production processes for strontium carbonate using this intermittent carbonization method shall be upgraded by 2025, and those for barium carbonate by 2026). 29. The internal floating roof tanks in oil depots use shallow-plate or open-compartment type internal floating roofs (these are prohibited in oil depots that hold a license for handling hazardous chemicals; the existing equipment will be upgraded by 2026). 30. Centrifugal pumps with single-face mechanical seals and those with packing seals (excluding submersible pumps) (prohibited for Category A, highly hazardous, extremely hazardous chemicals, as well as those whose operating temperature exceeds their auto-ignition point; existing equipment must be replaced by 2027). 31. It is prohibited to construct, renovate, or expand hazardous chemical-related projects that are not related to water supply facilities and water source protection within the first-level protection zones of drinking water sources ； It is prohibited to construct, renovate, or expand hazardous chemical production projects that emit pollutants within the second-level protection zones of drinking water sources ； It is prohibited to establish or expand hazardous chemical construction projects that cause severe pollution to water bodies within the areas designated as protected zones for drinking water sources. 32. The construction or expansion of chemical industrial parks and chemical projects is prohibited within one kilometer of the banks of the main streams and tributaries of the Yangtze River. 33. New construction projects for hazardous chemicals are prohibited outside chemical industrial parks. Existing hazardous chemicals production units outside chemical industrial parks are prohibited from undertaking any new construction or expansion of hazardous chemicals projects (except for safety, environmental protection, energy conservation, and intelligent transformation projects). Chemical industrial parks that have not passed the assessment are not allowed to construct new chemical projects, or carry out renovations or expansions thereof during the rectification period (with the exception of projects related to safety, environmental protection, energy conservation, and automation). 34. It is strictly prohibited to construct projects that do not conform to the industrial development plan of the chemical park within the chemical park. 35. For chemical industrial parks with a high (Grade A) or relatively high (Grade B) safety risk level, new, modified, or expanded projects for the production of hazardous chemicals shall be suspended during the rectification period (except for projects related to safety, environmental protection, energy conservation, and automation). Note: ① For the items listed in the prohibited category, **any other provisions shall apply accordingly. ②Items not listed in this **Catalogue** but for which **relevant regulations exist shall be governed by such regulations. Category 2: Restriction/Control Category 1. Atmospheric and vacuum distillation units with a capacity of less than 10 million tons per year, catalytic cracking units with a capacity of less than 1.5 million tons per year, continuous reforming units with a capacity of less than 1 million tons per year, hydrocracking units with a capacity of less than 1.5 million tons per year, and open-type delayed coking processes. Facilities for producing ethylene via naphtha cracking with a capacity of 28,000 tons per year or less, acrylonitrile with a capacity of 130,000 tons per year or less, purified terephthalic acid with a capacity of 1 million tons per year or less, ethylene glycol with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, styrene (excluding processes that use dry gas to produce ethylbenzene) with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, caprolactam with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or less, acetic acid produced by the ethylene route, acetic acid produced by the carbonylation route with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year or less, methanol produced from natural gas (excluding natural gas with a carbon dioxide content of 20% or more), coal-based methanol production facilities with a capacity of 1 million tons per year or less, methyl methacrylate produced by the cyanohydrin route (excluding processes that utilize hydrogen cyanide as a by-product of acrylonitrile production), **grain-based** butanol, propylene oxide and chloropropylene oxide production facilities using the chlorohydrin route, and facilities for producing saponins (including their hydrolysis products) with a capacity of 300 tons per year or less. Production facilities with a capacity of 37,000 tons per year or less for polypropylene, 200,000 tons per year or less for polyethylene, (poly)vinyl chloride produced by the acetylene method, polyvinyl chloride produced by the ethylene oxychlorination method with an initial capacity of less than 300,000 tons per year, polystyrene with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or less, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, conventional synthetic latex–carboxybutyl styrene rubber (including styrene latex) production facilities with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or less, and nitrile rubber, styrene-butadiene thermoplastic rubber, polyurethane, and polyacrylate-based solvent-type general adhesives production facilities. Sulfur-based sulfuric acid production with a capacity of 43,000 tons per year or less (except for electronic-grade sulfuric acid with individual metal ion levels ≤100 ppb), pyrite-based sulfuric acid production with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year or less, nitric acid produced by atmospheric pressure or integrated processes, calcium carbide (except when replaced by advanced large-scale processing equipment), and potassium hydroxide production facilities with a single-line capacity of 50,000 tons per year or less. 5. Soda ash (excluding that produced through in-situ circulation processes and natural soda ash), caustic soda (excluding that produced by ion-exchange membrane caustic soda plants using industrial waste salts at a concentration of 40% or higher), yellow phosphorus, ammonium phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus pentasulfide, calcium hydrogen phosphate, calcium carbonate (excluding that with a particle size of 100 nanometers or less), anhydrous sodium sulfate (excluding that produced as a by-product of salt production), barium carbonate, barium sulfate, barium hydroxide, barium chloride, barium nitrate, strontium carbonate, silica gel (excluding that produced by vapor-phase methods or through carbon dioxide acidification processes), and facilities for producing choline chloride (excluding relocation projects that do not result in an increase in production capacity under this category). 6. Facilities with an initial capacity of less than 30,000 tons per year, and a single-line production capacity of less than 10,000 tons per year for sodium cyanide (on a 100% basis); single-line production capacities of less than 5,000 tons per year for lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide (excluding those derived from recycling); facilities using a low-calcium roasting process for sodium dichromate; dry-process aluminum fluoride production plants; and facilities for producing cryolite with a medium to low molecular weight ratio. 7. Nitrogen fertilizers derived from petroleum and natural gas; purification process for feed gas in ammonia synthesis using the copper washing method. 8. Production facilities for highly toxic and persistent pesticides with significant environmental impacts (including oxalyl chloride, terbuthyl phosphide, chlorpyrifos, bromomethane, methomyl, aldicarb, carbofuran, sodium azide, acetophenone, warfarin, diphacinone, brodifacoum, bromadiolone, botulinum toxin, dichlorvos, aluminum phosphide, organochlorine and organotin pesticides, carbamate fungicides, sodium nitrophenolate (potassium), mesotrione, phosmet, dimethoate, fipronil, boscalid, flubendiamide, cypermethrin, acephate, carbendazim, butylhydrazide, etc.). 9. Production equipment for glyphosate, chlorpyrifos, triazophos, paraquat, chlorothalonil, abamectin, imidacloprid, acetochlor, chloropicrin, alachlor, 2,4-D, nitenpyram, thiamethoxam, atrazine, butachlor, dichlorophenyltrichloroethane, oxyfluorfen, dicamba, pretilachlor, glufosinate, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, mancozeb, trichlorfon, triazolol, propiconazole, iprodione, paclobutrazol, and lime sulfur. 10. Production facilities for titanium dioxide by the sulfuric acid method (except for co-production processes), lead chromate yellow, iron oxide-based pigments with an annual production capacity of less than 30,000 tons, solvent-based coatings (except for those coating varieties and production processes deemed encouraged), powder coating production units containing triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC) (except for closed-type production units), and nitrocellulose coating production units with a VOCs content exceeding 75%. 11. Production facilities for non-new type functional, environment-friendly dyes, pigments, printing and dyeing auxiliaries, and intermediates. 12. Hydrogen fluoride (HF, for internal use in downstream processing by enterprises, except for those used in electronic applications and in the production of wet phosphoric acid); new methylchlorosilane production facilities with an initial capacity of less than 200,000 tons per year and a single-unit capacity of less than 100,000 tons per year; methane chloride production facilities with a capacity of less than 100,000 tons per year (except for those used in silicone production), as well as those with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year or more but without facilities for handling the by-product carbon tetrachloride; dichlorofluoromethane production facilities without facilities for handling the by-product trifluoromethane; sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) production facilities for acceptable uses (except for high-purity grades); and production facilities for HFCs such as hydrogen difluoride (HFC-32), 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a), pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a), and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa), excluding facilities for handling by-products. 13. Items of chemicals listed in the “List of Chemicals Subject to Priority Control” (First Batch, Second Batch). 14. Production facilities for bias tires, bicycle tires (including those for hand carts), nylon cords, steel cord with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons or less, recycled rubber (except those produced using normal-pressure continuous environmental-friendly desulfurization processes), the rubber plasticizer penta-chlorothiophenol, and the rubber accelerator tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD). 15. Intermittent or semi-intermittent batch nitration process (27 chemicals including nitrobenzene are prohibited; conversion to be completed by 2026). The 27 chemicals involved in the production process via nitration include: nitrobenzene, dinitrobenzene, nitrotoluene, dinitrotoluene, nitrochlorobenzene, dinitrochlorobenzene, ethofenprox, O-methyl-N-nitroisourea, flazasulfuron, 2,5-dichloronitrobenzene, 3-nitrophthalic acid, 2,4-dichloro-5-fluorophenylacetone, nitroguanidine, 5-chloro-2-nitroaniline, 2,4-dichloronitrobenzene, 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene, fenbendazole, albendazole, dimethoate, mesotrione, flusulfuron, 4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxynitrobenzene, 2-nitro-4-acetamidomethoxybenzene, 3,4-difluoronitrobenzene, 1-amino-8-naphthol-3,6-disulfonic acid (H-acid), 2-nitro-4-methanesulfonylbenzoic acid, and 6-nitro-1,2-diazinoxybenzene-4-sulfonic acid (6-nitro). 16. Electrically heated reaction kettles with internally injected heat transfer oil and no cooling measures (oil bath reaction kettles, oil bath pots). Kettles used in hazardous chemical processes that are subject to strict supervision are prohibited; existing equipment must be replaced by 2025. 17. For enterprises engaged in the production and storage of hazardous chemicals with a safety risk assessment rating of “Red” or “Orange”, they must make improvements within a specified timeframe. The approval of new construction and expansion projects is restricted; such enterprises are also included in the scope of key prevention, control, and supervision (except for projects related to safety, environmental protection, energy conservation, and intelligent transformation). 18. For high-risk process units involving nitration, chlorination, fluorination, diazotization, peroxidation, etc., the supporting equipment upstream and downstream has not achieved full automation across the entire process, including raw material handling, reaction steps, distillation and purification, as well as product storage (packaging). Note: ① Items not included in this **Catalogue List but for which relevant regulations exist shall be governed by such regulations. Category 3: Eliminated types 1. Modified starch, modified fibers, multi-colored interior wall coatings (O/W type coatings with nitrocellulose as the resin and xylene as the solvent), vinyl chloride-vinylidene chloride copolymer emulsion exterior wall coatings, tar-based polyurethane waterproofing materials, water-based polyvinyl chloride tar waterproofing materials, polyvinyl alcohol and its acetal derivatives for interior and exterior walls (such as 106, 107 coatings), and polyvinyl acetate emulsion exterior wall coatings (including vinyl/vinyl acetate copolymer emulsions). 2. Interior wall paints, solvent-based wood finishes, toys, automotive paints, and exterior wall paints whose content of harmful substances exceeds the standard limits; paints containing harmful substances such as bis(trichloroethyl) ether, tributyltin, perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, and red lead. 3. Azo dyes that decompose under reducing conditions to produce 24 harmful aromatic amines (use in non-textile applications is suspended) and nine carcinogenic dyes (use in applications where there is no direct contact with the human body is suspended). 4. Paint removers containing benzene, phenol, benzaldehyde, and dichloro- or trichloromethane; lithopone; polyvinyl chloride building sealants (tar-type); 107 glue (polyvinyl formaldehyde adhesive); clenbuterol; polychlorinated biphenyls (transformer oil). 5. Highly toxic pesticide products: BHC, dibromoethane, butyrolactone hydrazide, dicofol, oxaflor, insecticide amine, warfarin, fluoroacetamide, sodium fluoroacetate, dibromochloropropane, fenitrothion (Su Hua 203), phosphamidon, gadolinium fluoride, rodenticide silicone, methamidophos, parathion, methyl parathion, monocrotophos, thiocyclophos (ethyl thiocyclophos), arsenic acid, methylarsenical, and all arsenic-based compounds, mercury-based compounds, lead-based compounds; aqueous solutions with a glyphosate content of less than 30%; methyl thiocyclophos, calcium phosphide, zinc phosphide, phenylphos, diazinon, magnesium phosphide, thionaphos, phoxim, fenitrothion, terbutyl thionphos, carbaryl, 2,4-D butyl ester, isobutyl phenylphos, acetamiprid, aldicarb, nonylphenol (pesticide additive), dicofol, chlorimuron-ethyl, bispyribac-sodium. 6. Products to be phased out in accordance with the requirements of the **Overall Plan for Implementing International Conventions: chlordane, heptachlor, bromomethane, DDT, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, lindane, toxaphene, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, endosulfan, flubendiamide, chlordecone, α-hexachlorocyclohexane, β-hexachlorocyclohexane, hexachlorobutadiene, polychlorinated biphenyls, pentachlorobenzene, hexabromobiphenyls, tetra-bromodiphenyl ethers and penta-bromodiphenyl ethers, hexabromodiphenyl ether and hepta-bromodiphenyl ether, hexabromocyclododecane, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and its salts and perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride, perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and related compounds, decabromodiphenyl ether, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, polynuclear aromatics hydrocarbons (with exempted uses being subject to restrictions). 7. Atmospheric and vacuum distillation units with a capacity of 72 million tons per year or less (except those that meet certain conditions), batch distillation units that use open-flame high-temperature heating to produce oils, informal methods for processing used rubber and plastics into oil, processes for producing asphalt via the batch treatment of tar, single units for refining crude (light) benzene with a capacity of 25,000 tons per year or less, and single units for processing coal tar with a capacity of 50,000 tons per year or less. Phosphoric ammonium fertilizer with a production capacity of 81,000 tons per year or less (excluding industrial grade) (as of December 31, 2025); sulfuric acid production from pyrite and sulfur with a production capacity of 100,000 tons per year or less; potassium permanganate production using the open-hearth oxidation method; caustic soda production plants using the diaphragm process (such plants can be retained as part of comprehensive waste salt utilization); processes for producing sodium sulfide using the open-hearth method and the large-pond evaporation method; processes for producing sodium silicate (sodium metasilicate) using the mirabilite method; and processes for producing carbon disulfide using the batch coke method. 9. The saponification process using the chlorohydrin method for propylene oxide and epichlorohydrin, as well as the calcium-based method (with the exception that by December 31, 2025, the amount of fresh water used per ton of product shall not exceed 15 tons and the amount of waste generated shall not exceed 100 kilograms); phosphorus yellow production facilities with a capacity of less than 5,000 tons per year; facilities for calcining chromium compounds using calcium; facilities for producing ordinary-grade barium sulfate, barium hydroxide, barium chloride, and barium nitrate with a capacity of less than 3,000 tons per year; sodium chlorate production facilities with a capacity of less than 10,000 tons per year; calcium carbide furnaces, open-type calcium carbide furnaces, and internal-combustion calcium carbide furnaces with a furnace capacity of less than 12.5 megavolts-amps; facilities for producing (poly)vinyl chloride using the acetylene method with high-mercury catalysts (containing more than 6.5% mercury chloride); facilities for producing sodium methoxide, potassium methoxide, sodium ethoxide, potassium ethoxide, polyurethanes, acetaldehyde, caustic soda, biological pesticides, and topical antimicrobials using mercury or mercury compounds; as well as the sodium ammine method and the cyanide melt process using sodium cyanide. 10. Production facilities with a single-line capacity of less than 10,000 tons per year for sodium tripolyphosphate, less than 5,000 tons per year for sodium hexametaphosphate, less than 5,000 tons per year for phosphorus trichloride, less than 30,000 tons per year for calcium hydrogen phosphate used in feed production, less than 5,000 tons per year for hydrofluoric acid whose production processes are outdated and cause severe pollution, as well as facilities for producing aluminum fluoride by wet methods and fluorine salts through open crystallization processes. 11. Production facilities with a capacity of less than 0.3 million tons per year for sodium cyanide (100% sodium cyanide), less than 1 million tons per year for potassium hydroxide, less than 15,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade silica, less than 20,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade calcium carbonate, less than 100,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade anhydrous sodium sulfate (excluding that produced as a by-product of salt manufacturing), less than 0.3 million tons per year for lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide (excluding that derived from the recycling of used lithium batteries), less than 20,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade barium carbonate, and less than 15,000 tons per year for ordinary-grade strontium carbonate. 12. Liquid-phase desulfurization of semi-water gas using ammonia water, synthesis of ammonia through atmospheric-pressure batch conversion of natural gas, atmospheric-pressure shift and full medium-temperature shift (high-temperature shift) processes, wet desulfurization processes without accompanying sulfur recovery units, urea production facilities lacking devices for the hydrolytic decomposition of process condensates, and process technology for cooling high-temperature gas washing water by direct contact with air in open cooling towers. 13. Sodium-based paraquat production process; alkaline method for producing trichlorfon and dichlorvos; manual packing (filling) processes and equipment for pesticide products in small packages (1 kilogram and below); production of pesticide powders using a Raymond mill; facilities for producing pentachlorophenol (sodium) using hexachlorobenzene as raw material. 14. Production processes for chlorinated rubber using resin directly heated by fire and carbon tetrachloride as a solvent; production facilities for saponin (including hydrolyzates) with an annual capacity of 100 tons or less; production processes for saponin using hydrochloric acid for hydrolysis; as well as saponin production facilities whose pollutant emissions do not meet the required standards. The iron powder reduction process [for the three products namely 4,4-diaminostyrene-disulfonic acid (DSD acid), 2-amino-4-methyl-5-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid (CLT acid), and 1-amino-8-naphthol-3,6-disulfonic acid (H acid), implementation is suspended for now]. Production facilities for 155,000 units per year or less of bias tires and tires with natural cotton cord as the reinforcement structure, dry-pelletized carbon black (with the exception of special carbon blacks and semi-reinforcing carbon blacks), 300 million condoms per year or less made from natural latex, as well as rubber vulcanization accelerators such as N-oxodicy(1,2-ethanediyl)-2-benzothiazolysulfenamide (NOBS), and rubber antioxidants D. 16. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used for controlled applications such as refrigeration, foaming, and cleaning; hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), except those used as raw materials for downstream chemical products; 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) used for cleaning; products primarily produced from carbon tetrachloride (CTC) and all products that use CTC as a processing aid; fluoropolymer production processes that employ PFOA as a processing aid; coatings containing DDT; and production facilities for chlorpyrifos that use DDT as a raw material in non-enclosed processes (to be phased out in accordance with the requirements of the **overall plan for implementing international conventions**). Note: ① Items that need to be phased out must be eliminated immediately or within a specified time frame (before the expiration of their licenses). ②Items not listed in this **Catalogue** but for which **relevant regulations exist shall be governed by such regulations. Category 4: Encouraged categories 1. Development and production of new downstream products based on silicone. 2. Raw materials for synthetic materials: propylene oxide produced by the oxidation of propylene with peroxides, epichlorohydrin produced by the oxidation of chloropropene with peroxides, dimethyl naphthalate (NDC), 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), adiponitrile produced via the butadiene process at a capacity of 50,000 tons per year or more, hexamethylenediamine, and norbornene production. 3. Production of polyethylene polyamine products. 4. Development and production of high-end polyolefins such as high-carbon α-olefin copolymerized metallocene polyethylene, and COC/COP cycloolefin polymers. 5. Production of synthetic fiber raw materials: 1,3-propanediol. 6. Production of engineering plastics and plastic alloys: polyphenylene sulfide, polyether ether ketone, polyimide, polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polyarylate (PAR), polyphenylene oxide, special polyamides (PA) and their modified materials, liquid crystal polymers, and other products. 7. Fine chemicals: new catalyst products and technologies, commercialization processing technologies for dyes (pigments), electronic chemicals and papermaking chemicals, leather chemicals, oilfield additives, surfactants, as well as safe production technologies for ethylene oxide purification using nitrogen-protected double-shell towers; production of water treatment agents and key raw materials. Production of high-solid-content, solvent-free, water-based, electron-beam-cured, UV-cured, and reactive adhesives, along with key raw materials such as high-end butyl acrylate and high-end octyl acrylate, polyester polyols, and curing agents. Production of sealants, adhesive tapes, and key raw materials. Production of new types of plastic additives that are efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly, such as polyester-based plasticizers, halogen-free flame retardants, permanent antistatic agents, organic heat stabilizers, and nucleating agents. Production of inorganic fibers and inorganic nanomaterials. Advanced processing of pigment coating treatments. Development and production of environmentally friendly surface treatment technologies. Development and production of fine chemical products based on humic acid. 8. Development, storage, transportation, and liquefaction of green hydrogen production technologies (hydrogen production from chemical by-products, biohydrogen, hydrogen production via water electrolysis using renewable energy, etc.). 9. Production and supply of large-scale, high-pressure, high-purity industrial gases (including electronic gases). 10. Production by recovering fluorine resources from phosphorus chemicals and aluminum smelting. 11. Focusing on strategic emerging industries such as next-generation information technology, biotechnology, new energy, and high-end equipment, expand the range of product types and specifications for materials like organofluorosilicon, polyurethane, and polyamide. Accelerate the development of products such as high-end polyolefins, electronic chemicals, industrial specialty gases, high-performance rubber and plastic materials, high-performance fibers, bio-based materials, and specialized lubricants. 12. Promote the high-end, diversified, and low-carbon development of the coal chemical industry; develop modern coal chemistry in a steady and orderly manner in accordance with the principles of giving priority to ecology, determining production based on water availability, implementing total quantity control, and fostering clustered development. 13. Lighten the olefin feedstocks, optimize the structure of aromatic feedstocks, and improve the utilization level of by-product resources such as C5 and C9. 14. Accelerate the development of coal-based chemicals into new chemical materials and new energy sources; promote the transformation of coal-based oil and gas into high-value products such as special fuels and advanced chemicals; and focus on improving the quality control standards for coal-based ethylene glycol. 15. The resource utilization and harmless treatment of phosphorus-potassium associated resources, industrial waste salts, mine tailings, as well as yellow phosphorus off-gases, calcium carbide furnace gases, and refinery balance off-gases. 16. Research and application of chemical microreaction technology. 17. Research, development, and application of new technologies for safety instrumented systems and process control systems. 18. For hazardous chemical manufacturing enterprises that have been established outside chemical industrial parks and densely populated urban areas, and whose safety conditions and external safety distances meet the requirements of relevant laws, regulations and standards, as well as those that make significant contributions to the economic and livelihood development of cities and counties and play a guiding and supporting role in the high-quality development of the regional chemical industry, the people’s governments of cities, prefectures, directly-administered cities and Shennongjia Forest Region shall organize unified assessments of their safety and environmental protection conditions, and encourage such enterprises to carry out technological upgrades aimed at improving safety, environmental protection, energy efficiency, intelligence levels, and product quality. 19. For enterprises (projects) that use no toxic or hazardous chemicals, whose environmental impact assessment category is classified as a report form according to the \"List of Classification Management for Environmental Impact Assessment of Construction Projects\", and that do not require the preparation of environmental impact assessment documents – such as pesticide formulations, water-based coatings, lubricants, inks, rubber and plastic additives, and environmental protection additives – industrial concentration, clustering, and development can take place in industrial (industrial) parks at the county level or above that have been established in accordance with the law. Industrial (manufacturing) parks that are developed in a concentrated manner should have clearly defined boundaries, and safety assessments and planning environmental impact evaluations must be carried out under the supervision of the people’s governments of cities (prefectures), directly-administered cities, and Shennongjia Forest Region. 20. For enterprises (projects) that utilize biomass waste from agriculture and aquaculture, food waste, as well as residues and by-products from industrial fermentation in sectors such as biomedicine and food processing to produce organic fertilizers, or that extract chemicals using biomass as raw material in resource-rich areas, the people’s governments of cities (prefectures), directly-administered cities, and Shennongjia Forest Region shall develop plans for their establishment. Such facilities can be built in a standardized manner using advanced production processes and equipment such as closed-system fermentation at the site where the waste is generated; they can also be constructed by the companies that generate the waste themselves, or in resource-rich areas nearby. 21. Enterprises above a specified scale in industries such as shipbuilding, steel, electronic information, lithium battery materials, and the circular economy are supported in building industrial gas production facilities on their own premises to meet their own production needs, with the products from these facilities being used solely by those enterprises. 22. To support the five key industries of optoelectronic information, new energy and intelligent connected vehicles, life sciences and health, high-end equipment, and Beidou, enterprises and projects that fall under categories other than the chemical industry as defined in the \"National Economic Industry Classification\" (GB/T 4754–2017), such as those producing electronic specialty materials involving chemical processes in the production phase (3985), chemical drug raw materials (271), food and feed additives (1495), synthetic fibers (282), and bio-based materials (283), can be established and developed in provincial-level or higher-level development zones where downstream enterprises are located. This is possible provided that the production facilities and storage areas do not constitute major hazard sources and that no hazardous chemical processes are involved; such arrangements can be approved by the investment management departments of municipal (prefectural) or directly-governed city governments, in conjunction with the emergency management and ecological environment departments. 23. New construction, renovation, and expansion projects should employ information-based safety monitoring, control, and management systems to achieve unmanned operation at the site or to minimize the number of workers on site as much as possible. The upstream and downstream auxiliary equipment related to high-risk process units such as nitration, chlorination, fluorination, diazotization, and peroxidation should achieve full-process automation, and microreactor production technologies such as microchannels and tubular reactors should be employed in principle. The use of fully enclosed, continuous automated production systems is encouraged as a replacement for open or semi-enclosed, batch-type production systems. 24. High-risk process enterprises with a reaction safety risk assessment process hazard level of 3 or above are encouraged to adopt new equipment and technologies such as microchannels and tubular reactors. Note: ① Items not included in this **Catalogue List but for which relevant regulations exist shall be governed by such regulations.