Hebei Jiantao’s 1.96 million-ton compacted coke project has been completed; efforts are being made to advance the construction of a project for producing acrylic acid from acetic acid with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons, a phenol production plant with an annual capacity of 350,000 tons, and a bisphenol A production plant with an annual capacity of 180,000 tons

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Over the past 20 years since its establishment, Hebei Jiantao Energy Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hebei Jiantao) has always adhered to the concept of sustainable development and actively promoted industrial transformation and upgrading. It has gradually developed an integrated coal chemical circular economy industry chain centered on coke, methanol, acetic acid, and refined benzene. The company has received more than a dozen honors, including “**-level Green Factory,” “National Carbon Capture and Utilization Demonstration Center,” and “Hebei Province’s Model Enterprise for Specialization, Excellence, and Innovation.” Since its establishment in Neiqiu County, Xingtai City, in 2003, Hebei Jiantao has continued to advance technological innovation and industrial collaboration, building a coal chemical park covering a total area of 1,678 mu. In 2005, Hebei Jiantao completed the first phase of its coke production facility as well as China’s first facility for producing methanol from coke oven gas. In 2009, the second-phase methanol project came online. Through continuous optimization of its industrial chain layout, Hebei Jiantao has gradually developed a diversified product portfolio that includes 1.96 million tons of packed coke, 200,000 tons of methanol, and 400,000 tons of glacial acetic acid per year. Since 2014, Hebei Jiantao has worked closely with research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Beijing Normal University to establish R&D centers and academicians’ workstations. It has focused on developing key technologies for the recycling of industrial wastewater, exhaust gases, and solid waste; as a result, it has developed technologies such as electrocatalytic oxidation equipment for wastewater treatment and integrated ultrasonic desulfurization and dust removal systems. Numerous of its achievements have won **-level awards. In 2021, Hebei Jiantao further focused on its green and low-carbon transformation, taking the resource utilization of carbon dioxide as a starting point and continuing to increase investment in research and development. With the support of the municipal and county-level governments, Hebei Jiantao was successfully rated as a Class A enterprise in terms of environmental performance within the organic chemicals industry in January 2024, and it has launched a series of projects related to carbon capture and utilization as well as the expansion of its industrial chain. At present, Hebei Jiantao is actively advancing the construction of a project to produce acrylic acid from acetic acid with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons, a phenol production facility with an annual capacity of 350,000 tons, and a bisphenol A production plant with an annual capacity of 180,000 tons. The goal is to create a CCUS-based low-carbon industrial park with a total investment of over 10 billion yuan, an annual output value of 20 billion yuan, and the ability to absorb 3 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, thereby establishing a new type of chemical industry base that is green, high-end, and intelligent. In the future, Hebei Jiantao will continue to deepen its strategy for green and low-carbon industries, advance technological upgrades and the optimization of the industrial chain, so as to make greater contributions to the high-quality development of the local economy and the construction of an ecological civilization.