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In the golden season of autumn, Shaanxi Yueneng Fine Chemical Materials Co., Ltd. seized the optimal period for project construction to accelerate progress and speed up the development of the 1 million tons per year production facility for high-end chemical materials. To date, all underground works such as primary ground foundations and pile foundations for the main structures have been completed, and efforts are being made at full speed to advance the construction of the civil engineering works. The Yueneng 1 million tons per year high-end chemicals and new materials project is located in the Yushen Industrial Zone, covers an area of 1,500 mu, and has a total estimated investment of 10.315 billion yuan. The construction scope mainly includes a 400,000-ton/year DMTA plant, a 200,000-ton/year ethylene oxide plant, a 200,000-ton/year polyether superplasticizer monomer plant, a 100,000-ton/year propylene oxide plant, a 260,000-ton/year hydrogen peroxide plant, an 80,000-ton/year acrylic acid plant, a 120,000-ton/year butyl acrylate plant, a 400,000-ton/year acrylate emulsion plant, a 400,000-ton/year polycarboxylate superplasticizer plant, as well as supporting auxiliary facilities. Ren Guoyu, the chief engineer of Yulin Fine Chemical Materials Co., Ltd., told reporters that the effective construction period in northern Shaanxi during winter is short. To ensure that civil engineering works are completed before winter arrives, the company’s five project departments have implemented a strengthened management approach based on the principle of “three managements, three controls, and one coordination”: managing progress, quality, and safety; controlling costs, risks, and contracts; and coordinating on-site activities. At the same time, an owner-led joint management team (IPMT) mechanism was innovatively adopted, with a third-party professional project management firm possessing extensive construction experience (Sinopec Company No. 4) being hired to oversee the entire process. Each construction unit was required to carry out \"first-piece sample projects\" for every stage of work, and management was carried out on a hierarchical basis categorized as Class A, Class B, and Class C. This approach ensured both the progress and quality of the project, while also improving work efficiency and reducing management costs. Since the civil engineering work for the 9 sets of main units began in April 2025, more than 1,200 workers from 7 construction companies have been stationed at the site. To date, 30% progress has been achieved on the overall design. The underground works, including the primary ground pipelines across the site and the pile foundations for the main equipment, have been completed, and the foundation of the main equipment is now at ground level. At the same time, the review of the design drawings and models for the main unit as well as the auxiliary equipment has been completed. It is understood that this project builds on the first industrial demonstration unit for the DMTA technology, which was independently developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Using methanol and toluene as primary raw materials, the ethylene and propylene produced do not follow traditional polymerization methods; instead, chain extension, chain supplementation, and chain strengthening are employed to establish four main industrial chains: methanol-aromatics, ethylene-water reducer, propylene-acrylic acid emulsion, and propylene-propylene oxide. Additionally, 55,600 tons per year of C4+ products are generated as a by-product, providing the necessary raw materials for the development of fine chemicals in Yulin. Once the project is completed and put into operation, it is expected to generate annual revenue of around 8 billion yuan. It will be able to produce nearly 10 types of chemical products; products such as acrylic emulsions, propylene oxide, hydrogen peroxide, and polycarboxylate superplasticizers will be available directly for the end market, filling a gap in the western region.