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Happy May Day! Reply reward! ---------------------------------------------- The past decade has been a period of rapid development for China’s chemical industry, marked by the emergence of many new processes, products, and equipment. There has also been significant progress in China’s chemical processing equipment, which has contributed to the swift advancement of the petrochemical sector. Here, we have compiled some of the achievements and breakthroughs made by Chinese equipment manufacturers in terms of larger-scale production and increased use of domestic equipment. We invite everyone to share their insights and engage in discussions, to cheer for Made in China and to support the development of chemical processing equipment! ****************** The crude oil distillation tower has a net weight of 2,252 tons; its diameter is 12 meters and its height is 112.56 meters. It is an important component of the crude oil distillation unit (CDU). The weight of this atmospheric distillation tower is one-fourth that of the Eiffel Tower, and its height exceeds one-third of the Eiffel Tower’s height. It has set multiple world records for the diameter, length, and weight of a single piece of equipment of such towers, making it the largest crude oil distillation tower in the world today. This \"giant\" equipment, manufactured by a subsidiary of Sinopec, set off from Ningbo on July 29, 2019, and traveled along the Maritime Silk Road from the west coast of the Pacific to the east coast of the Atlantic, reaching **Nigeria**, a country along the Belt and Road Initiative. It was installed at Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, which is currently the world’s largest refinery with a processing capacity of 32.5 million tons per year.