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Introduce green ammonia alcohol and green aviation fuel projects! The Dalian Changxing Island Hydrogen Energy Refueling Base was launched. On January 3, the Dalian Changxing Island (Northeast Asia) Hydrogen Energy Refueling Base, as well as the COSCO Shipping Xizhongdao Chemicals and New Energy Storage and Logistics Park project, were officially inaugurated at the Dalian Changxing Island (Xizhongdao) Petrochemical Industry Base. The launch of this project marks the complete establishment of the hydrogen-based energy industry chain on Changxing Island. It will play a vital role in accelerating the development of Dalian as a green marine fuel refueling center in Northeast Asia, and help to streamline the supply chain for green marine fuel in that region. Dalian has now been designated by the Liaoning Provincial Department of Transport as a green ship fuel refueling center and transfer hub in Northeast Asia, as well as an important port for the transport of ammonia from the north to the south and from the center to other regions. It has also been included in the Ministry of Transport’s \"Action Plan for Building a System to Ensure the Supply of Green Energy for Coastal Ports across the Country.\" Last December, the Ministry of Transport officially approved the \"Liaoning Coastal Port Layout Plan (2025),\" and Dalian’s green ship fuel refueling center for Northeast Asia was formally incorporated into this port layout. Since last year, relying on its industrial foundation and resource endowments, as well as the advantages of being a world-class green petrochemical base and an important port in the Northeast Asian international shipping hub, Changxing Island has planned to build a hydrogen-based energy refueling facility in Northeast Asia. A industrial chain with a total investment of around 55 billion yuan has been outlined, covering areas such as production and manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, trading and refueling, technological innovation, and related industries. The goal is to create a comprehensive sea-land transportation network for hydrogen-based green energy in Northeast China and eastern Mongolia. In terms of production, Changxing Island plans to collaborate with industry leaders such as CGN and Envision to introduce projects related to green ammonia, alcohols, and green aviation fuel. It is expected that over the next 2 to 3 years, around 300,000 tons of green methanol and green ammonia, as well as 300,000 tons of green aviation kerosene, will be produced annually, thereby providing support for hydrogen-based energy applications. In terms of trade in marine fuel, we collaborate with China Ship Fuel and Huaguang Marine Transport to create a green marine fuel trading platform, providing supporting services for fuel supply businesses along the coast. In terms of technological innovation, industry-university-research collaborations are carried out with institutions such as the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, and Dalian Maritime University to drive innovation in the applications of hydrogen-based energy technologies. The COSCO Xizhongdao Chemical and New Energy Warehousing and Logistics Park project, launched on the same day, constitutes a key component of the storage and transportation aspect of the Changxing Island hydrogen-based energy refueling facility. COSCO Shipping will provide end-to-end logistics services covering land transportation of hazardous materials, storage, docking, and sea shipping, thereby enabling the \"end-to-end\" transportation of hydrogen-based energy products in the Northeast region and the three provinces and one autonomous region in eastern Mongolia. At present, the terminal associated with this project began construction in August 2024, and is expected to be completed and put into use by the end of June this year, with a designed annual handling capacity of around 1.399 million tons. At the launch ceremony, 13 additional projects related to the hydrogen-based industry chain were signed simultaneously. These projects cover various areas such as technological innovation, manufacturing, trade, and storage and transportation, and they will help accelerate the transformation of Dalian’s \"full-industry-chain blueprint\" for hydrogen-based energy from a conceptual plan into reality.