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A coking project with a capacity of 7 million tons is planned to be built here, resulting in a coking production capacity of 21.8 million tons. March 18, 2025 – Recently, it was learned that Liupanshui is making efforts to develop the entire industrial chain in order to create a modern coal chemical industry cluster worth hundreds of millions of yuan. On November 27, 2024, the **National Development and Reform Commission issued the \"Catalogue of Industries Encouraged in the Western Region (2025 Edition)\」, stating its support for Guizhou in the research, development, and production of green coal chemical products, as well as in the development and production of chemical fiber and textile products. At present, Liupanshui has a normal coke production capacity of 6 million tons, with 8.8 million tons under construction and 7 million tons planned for construction. “By the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the city’s coking capacity will reach 21.8 million tons, enabling the simultaneous production of 870,000 tons of coal tar, 210,000 tons of crude benzene, and 4.3 billion cubic meters of coke oven gas as by-products, thus providing a large amount of raw materials for the development of new types of coal chemical industries. Shanxi Sanqiang Chemical and Jinlan Chemical have already been brought online to expand the coal tar and coke oven gas industry chains, while Fujian Yongrong Group is set to start operations to extend the crude benzene industry chain; it is expected that all three downstream industry chains related to coal coking will be fully established. The first is the industrial chain of “coking gas → synthetic ammonia → nitro compound fertilizer”, as well as the use of coking gas to produce LNG and hydrogen. For example, the Liuzhi Meijin “coal-coke-hydrogen” integrated utilization demonstration project employs the world’s most advanced clean production technology for top-loading coke ovens with a height of 7.65 meters. It is capable of producing 3.8 million tons of high-quality metallurgical coke per year, as well as 40 million cubic meters of high-purity hydrogen per year. The first two hydrogen fuel cell locomotives in China are set to be deployed in Liupanshui, along with a hydrogen-powered bus route and no fewer than 100 hydrogen-powered heavy trucks that will operate on a demonstration basis. The second is the industrial chain of carbon-based materials such as \"coal tar → needle coke → anode material\" and carbon black. For example, Shanxi Sanqiang Chemical Industry has invested 1.5 billion yuan to build a deep-processing project for coal tar with a capacity of 500,000 tons per unit – the largest of its kind in the world. This project enables the integrated development of traditional coal chemical industries with modern coal chemical technologies as well as industries related to new energy battery materials. Third is the industrial chain of “pure benzene → adipic acid → nylon 66 → textiles”. For example, by bringing in Fujian Yongrong Group, which is one of China’s top 500 enterprises and holds the largest nylon production capacity in the world, and by investing in the construction of a coal-based new materials facility with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons of caprolactam, it is possible to provide raw material support for the development of the textile industry. Once the three downstream deep-processing industrial chains for coal coking are established, coke will shift from being the main product to a by-product, while by-products such as coke oven gas, coal tar, and crude benzene will become the primary raw materials for the chemical industry, enabling a transition to new drivers of high-quality development. At present, in each county and district of Liupanshui, there is at least one major industrial project with an investment of over 5 billion yuan under implementation; in 3 of these counties and districts, major industrial projects with investments exceeding 10 billion yuan are under construction. By 2030, two new comprehensive energy bases and modern coal chemical industry clusters worth hundreds of billions of yuan each will have been established, which is expected to generate an additional 140 billion yuan in industrial output for enterprises above a certain scale – a 115% increase compared to last year’s industrial output for such enterprises in the entire city. This could lead to the creation of another industrial system similar to that in Liupanshui. At the same time, Liupanshui adheres to relying on coal, strengthening its coal industry while not being dependent solely on it; by leveraging the market demands in the local area and surrounding regions, it focuses on developing related industries such as energy and mining equipment manufacturing. For example, the city now has the capacity to produce 19 types of large-scale mining equipment, including roadheaders, hydraulic supports, and monorail hoists. The world’s first mobile hard-rock roadheader for mining – the “Liangdu” all-face rock tunneling machine – was produced here. Mining equipment for coal washing was exported abroad for the first time, to Southeast Asia. In 2024, the output value of mining and energy equipment manufacturing in this city reached 6.8 billion yuan, representing a growth rate of 7.2%. Another example is the aluminum home furnishings industry cluster in the Shuicheng Economic Development Zone, which has been awarded the title of \"Specialized Industry Cluster for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises\". It currently brings together 52 enterprises with 66 projects; its output value increased from 1.95 billion yuan in 2017 to 13.03 billion yuan in 2024, representing an average annual growth rate of 31.5%. This cluster has become a model in the province, featuring a relatively complete industrial chain and a wide variety of downstream products.