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On December 28, 2018, the construction of the first phase of Hainan Huasheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.’s 2×260,000 tons per year polycarbonate production facility using a non-phosgene process began, with China National Chemical Engineering Fourth Construction Company as the contractor. The project is located in the industrial park of Dongfang City, Hainan Province. The first phase involves an investment of 4.5 billion yuan to build one production facility for polycarbonate with an annual capacity of 260,000 tons, and another facility for carbonate diphenyl ester with an annual capacity of 224,000 tons. It is part of the construction projects in Hainan Free Trade Pilot Zone. The project introduces advanced, clean international phosgene-free polycarbonate technology, and upon completion it will become the world’s largest polycarbonate facility by scale. Polycarbonate is a thermoplastic engineering plastic among the five major general-purpose engineering plastics that boasts excellent transparency, with a visible light transmittance of up to 90%; it is currently widely used in industries such as automotive, construction, medicine, and apparel.
The Hainan Huasheng High-Tech Industry Project has been launched, with a total investment of 13 billion yuan; it is expected to generate an annual output value of 20 billion yuan. This adds another \"trump card\" to Dongfang’s economic strength. By Zhang Huining, reporter from Hainan Daily, and Peng Shanshan, special correspondent. On Dongfu South Road in Baxiu Town, Dongfang City, a newly renovated four-story building houses a technical management team of 70 people. More than 40 of them are professional technicians brought in from outside the island. Next year, the team will bring in another 100 technical personnel, and within five years, the number of technical experts here will reach around 500. These technical experts all came for a knowledge-intensive project: Hainan Huasheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.’s high-tech industry project – two polycarbonate production facilities with an annual capacity of 260,000 tons each. It is understood that this project will be implemented in the Dongfang Industrial Park and constructed in two phases, with an investment of 7 billion yuan; including related upstream and downstream projects, the total investment amounts to 13 billion yuan. A responsible official from Hainan Huasheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. said that the Hainan Huasheng New Materials Industrial Park is to be established within 5 years, with an expected annual output value of 20 billion yuan and annual tax payments of 5 billion yuan. Considering the current annual output value of 18 billion yuan in the Dongfang Industrial Park, this project \"is equivalent to building another industrial park in Dongfang over the course of 5 years.\" Hainan Huasheng is shifting towards the development of high-tech industries. What is polycarbonate? Xiao Ruyi, the head of the administrative department at Hainan Huasheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., picked up a pair of glasses from the table and said to a reporter from Hainan Daily, “The material used for these lenses is polycarbonate.” The frames of laptops, as well as the casings of mobile phones, are all made of polycarbonate material. It is a colorless, tasteless, non-toxic thermoplastic resin that is resistant to pressure and high temperatures as well as highly transparent; it is widely used in various sectors of the national economy such as electronic information, automobile manufacturing, electrical lighting, medical devices, and aerospace. ” The polycarbonate industry is a **new material industry that is encouraged for development**. “At present, we **rely 65% on imports for polycarbonate materials**. Currently, there are only 6 polycarbonate manufacturing companies in China, located in economically developed regions such as Shanghai, Zhejiang, Beijing, and Shandong. ”A responsible official from Hainan Huasheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. told reporters, “At present, three regions—Zhejiang, Tianjin, and Hainan—are simultaneously launching projects to produce 260,000 tons of polycarbonate per year.” Among them, only Hainan was built through investment by private enterprises alone. ” The polycarbonate project of Hainan Huasheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., located in the East, was invested in by Hainan Huasheng Cement Holding Co., Ltd. and is part of the Hainan Huasheng Group. It is reported that Hainan Huasheng Group was established in 2000, building on the restructuring of the former Sanya Tiantai Cement Factory. Over the past 18 years, the company has grown to become one of the top 30 companies in China’s cement industry. It is also one of the 100 construction material enterprises that receive priority support, as well as one of the key large-scale enterprises in Hainan Province. In recent years, Huasheng Group has continued to expand its business scope, entering sectors such as real estate, logistics, and photovoltaics. The company’s total assets amount to 8.5 billion yuan, with an annual output value of 6.5 billion yuan, and it employs over 4,000 people. “In line with Hainan’s economic policies for building a free trade zone and a series of industrial policies issued by various ministries, and taking its own actual conditions into account, Hainan Huasheng has decided to focus on polycarbonate materials – which are currently highly encouraged for development, in short supply domestically, feature advanced technology, offer high-quality products, and are environmentally friendly – as a starting point for transforming Huasheng from a traditional building materials industry into one focused on high-tech materials. ”A responsible official from Hainan Huasheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. said. The Huasheng New Materials Industrial Park will be established within five years. The high-tech industry projects of Hainan Huasheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. include two polycarbonate production facilities with an annual capacity of 260,000 tons each, to be built in two phases. The first phase will involve the construction of a polycarbonate plant with an annual production capacity of 260,000 tons, along with a DPC facility capable of producing 224,000 tons per year; the investment required for this first phase is 4.5 billion yuan. Xiao Ruyi told reporters that Hainan Huasheng has introduced the world’s state-of-the-art technology for polycarbonate production via phosgene-free melt transesterification, along with complete sets of imported equipment, from the German company EPC Engineering and Technology GmbH. “To date, the company has invested 400 million yuan; the preliminary design for the project has been completed, and the key equipment ordered will arrive one after another later this year. ”He said, “Everything is ready now; all that’s missing is the land.” ” Shi Tingcheng, a staff member in the investment promotion department of the Dongfang City Business Bureau, revealed that the first phase of Hainan Huasheng Polycarbonate project is planned to cover an area of 822 mu; 276 mu of this land has undergone detailed surveying and the land has been sold, while agreements have been signed for 546 mu of land, and work is currently underway to remove any structures on the surface of that land. A responsible official from the Dongfang Industrial Park Management Committee said that the Huasheng High-Tech Industry project will bring significant benefits to Dongfang City’s economy and tax revenue. “Dongfang City is advancing this project in an organized manner, assigning responsible persons for each phase of the work to ensure follow-up and support, thus guaranteeing that the project starts on schedule.” ” A responsible official from Hainan Huasheng New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. said that the first phase of the project, involving 260,000 tons per year of polycarbonate production, is scheduled to start construction within this year, with operation beginning in the first half of 2020. Following that, the second phase of the project, also with a capacity of 260,000 tons per year of polycarbonate production, will be launched, further enhancing the integration of upstream and downstream industries. Within five years, the Huasheng New Materials Industrial Park will be established, with a total investment of 13 billion yuan. By then, it will become a high-tech industrial park with an annual output value of 20 billion yuan and annual tax revenues of 5 billion yuan. “The project will attract a large number of highly educated professionals; to date, over 40 key talents and technical experts for production have been brought in. ”Xiao Ruyi said that the company will recruit another 100 technical professionals next year. With the development of high-tech industries, the Huasheng New Materials Industrial Park will become a hub for talent in the future. This project will also stimulate related industries such as trade, logistics, and comprehensive maintenance services, having a positive impact on the regional economy.