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On February 28, **Guoneng Yulin Chemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Energy Group, completed the sale of polyglycolic acid raw material with a melt index of 30–50 grams/10 minutes, thereby closing the first deal for this biodegradable material. This marked the beginning of commercial sales for the world’s first demonstration project for producing polyglycolic acid from coal. PGA is an aliphatic polyester polymer with good biodegradability and biocompatibility. It possesses high mechanical properties, excellent barrier properties, and high biocompatibility. It is currently the material that degrades fastest, and it does not require special degradation conditions; it can degrade in natural marine environments as well as in lawn environments. The applications of this product are mainly in the fields of biomedicine and ecology; it can be used for disposable meal containers, personal care products, and medical protective clothing, as well as shopping bags, coated paper cups, fracturing balls, temporary plugging agents, and absorbable surgical sutures. In the future, as production capacity increases, it is expected to find use in biodegradable plastic bags, disposable tableware, agricultural plastic films, and packaging for deliveries, offering enormous potential market opportunities. The company attaches great importance to the sales of PGA products. It established a dedicated PGA team at an early stage to assess market demand, identify potential partners, and gain experience in promoting products from pilot production runs. On this basis, it developed a comprehensive marketing strategy for PGA, systematically planning aspects such as product positioning, sales channels, marketing approaches, pricing, customer policies, and brand identity. The company also actively cooperates with its partner companies to carry out product trials and modification tests. By thoroughly understanding key information such as market demand for products and logistics and warehousing resources, all necessary preparations can be made prior to conducting a transaction. At the same time, close communication is maintained with Yulin Chemical to gain an in-depth understanding of production conditions and to promptly respond to customer needs, ensuring a stable and reliable supply of products. The commercial sale of PGA products represents a milestone in the transformation of the coal chemical industry toward higher quality, greater diversity, and lower carbon emissions. Chemical companies will continue to intensify their efforts to develop the market for PGA products, actively explore commercial cooperation models through marketing alliances, pool resources from all stakeholders in the industry, and establish integrated alliances covering the entire value chain from upstream to downstream. This will enable comprehensive quality control and follow-up services throughout the process. Such an approach fosters cooperation based on priority access to resources, shared technology, mutual benefit, and long-term contractual arrangements, thereby creating an ecosystem that encompasses raw material supply, modification, product processing, and end-use consumption.