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With overseas markets shrinking drastically, export-oriented industries in the east have moved westward on a large scale, making energy and resource projects in the west particularly prominent. At the 13th China East-West Cooperation and Investment Trade Fair held in Xi’an from April 5 to 8, energy and chemical industry projects were prominently featured, with a number of projects signing contracts, resulting in total investment amounts exceeding 33 billion yuan. This edition of the Western China Investment Fair brought together, on record, business representatives from 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across the country. It attracted more than 5,000 foreign investors from over 40 countries and regions to seek investment opportunities. This clearly shows that, against the backdrop of the ongoing international financial crisis, there is greater expectation within the industry to expand domestic demand and strengthen cooperation between the eastern and western regions. At the Western China Investment and Trade Fair, reporters saw that large energy and chemical enterprises such as Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group occupied prominent positions. Yulin City in Shaanxi Province showcased its strengths as an energy and chemical industry hub, offering a distinct and unique appeal that caught everyone’s attention. At the first centralized signing ceremony, Yulin City signed contracts with Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd. and Air Liquide (China) Investment Co., Ltd. respectively for the Shenhua Jinjie coal-power integration (Phase 3) project and the 600,000 tons per year methanol air supply facility project; the total investment amounting to 16.67 billion yuan made it the biggest winner in terms of agreements signed on the first day of this Western China Investment and Trade Fair. Following the discussions and negotiations, contracts for more than 10 major energy and chemical projects were signed one after another; these projects will be located in Yulin, Weinan, and Tongchuan. The total investment amount reaches 16.23 billion yuan, and it includes a 3 million tons per year caustic soda production facility along with its first-phase infrastructure, a 500,000 tons per year methanol gasoline production plant, a 50,000 tons per year polyoxymethylene production plant, a 5 million tons per year coke production plant as well as superoxide dismutase production lines, in addition to coalbed methane exploration and development projects. The reporter learned that some chemical industry projects in Xinjiang, Shandong, Qinghai and other places have also been successfully contracted. During the Western China Investment Fair, Yulin City also held presentations on coal chemical and salt chemical projects. The Yulin Economic Development Zone, Shenfu Economic Development Zone, and others introduced 50 projects related to methanol-to-olefins, silicone, dimethyl carbonate, dimethyl ether, polyvinyl chloride, 1,4-butanediol, polysilicon, etc., with a total estimated investment of 49.306 billion yuan. Jiang Guozhang, the vice mayor of Yulin City, told reporters that these energy and chemical projects are closely linked to the city’s resource and industrial advantages, and by cooperating with domestic and foreign enterprises, they play a positive role in turning Yulin into an important energy hub in the 21st century. The Western China Investment Fair has not only attracted industrial transfers and project investments from the eastern regions to the west, but foreign investors have also begun to get involved. GE China Co., Ltd. jointly organized a high-level forum on coal chemical industry – challenges and countermeasures with the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Commerce. Government officials, executives from energy and chemical enterprises, as well as experts and scholars gathered to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with the development of the coal chemical industry, and to explore new models for cooperation between GE and companies in the western region.