【Ten Years of Great Progress in Chemical Technology】China’s first BDO industry technology innovation center was inaugurated in Wuhai from 2022 to 2023

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Ten years of rapid development in chemical technology – praise for China’s prosperity and strength. This is just a starting point; more participation from everyone will make things even more lively. HaiChuan becomes even better with your involvement; we welcome everyone to take part more actively in the forum discussions. The fragrance of rice fills the air in August. On August 16th, the country’s first BDO Industrial Technology Innovation Center was inaugurated in the Wuda Industrial Park in Wuhai City. Establishing the country’s first BDO industry technology innovation center is a major initiative by Wuhai City to thoroughly implement the \"Revitalizing Inner Mongolia through Science and Technology\" strategy. It aims to enhance the capacity for technological innovation, overcome the barriers in the downstream applications of the BDO industry, and create a first-class innovation and industrial ecosystem for the BDO industry on a global scale, as part of its efforts to develop high-tech zones. After its establishment, the BDO Industrial Technology Innovation Center will focus on innovation and research in areas such as the use of BDO products in industry and daily life, acetylene-based chemicals, bio-based materials, environment-friendly polymer materials, and the manufacturing of hydrogen energy equipment. Wuhai City will also adhere to a high-standard approach in its development efforts, accelerate the integration of various innovation resources such as engineering research centers and corporate technology centers, and establish an operational mechanism that is flexible and beneficial to all parties involved. By working together, it will promote the development of key technologies as well as the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements. The city aims to create an innovation chain, industrial chain, and value chain characterized by deep integration among industry, academia, research, and practical applications, thereby enhancing the technical level and core competitiveness of the BDO industry. BDO is an important raw material for organic and fine chemical industries, and it is widely used in fields such as pharmaceuticals, chemicals, textiles, papermaking, the automotive industry, and consumer chemicals; therefore, it is also known as a chemical masterbatch. When processed further, BDO can be used to produce biodegradable plastics, and it is even an important raw material for lithium batteries and high-grade aerospace products; it is a **green chemical product that is encouraged. In recent years, Wuhai City has proactively strived to integrate itself into the development of **important energy and strategic resource bases. It has seized the policy opportunity offered by the autonomous region to support Wuhai in building an industry base for coal-based biodegradable materials. Leveraging its abundant reserves of 20 billion tons of limestone, as well as strong industrial foundations including 5.3 million tons of calcium carbide production capacity, 17.63 million tons of coke production capacity, and large amounts of coke oven gas that can be utilized efficiently, the city has made efforts to develop and strengthen related industries. It has attracted investments for four projects worth over 10 billion yuan each, such as those carried out by Huaheng and Sanwei. As a result, Wuhai has become the world’s largest single-site BDO production base. By 2025, the BDO production capacity is expected to exceed 2.5 million tons, accounting for more than 20% of the global total production capacity, thus making Wuhai the world’s largest integrated BDO production center.