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Introduction to China’s Top 20 Chemical Industrial Parks

Release Date:

2019-08-16

I. Shanghai Chemical Industry Economic and Technological Development Zone

1 Park Overview

The Shanghai Chemical Industry Park was approved for establishment by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government on August 12, 1996, and is the first specialized development zone in China since the country’s reform and opening-up, focusing primarily on petrochemicals and their derivatives. Located at the southern tip of Shanghai along the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay, the park spans Jinshan District and Fengxian District, with a planned area of 29.4 square kilometers. By the end of 2009, following the integration of the Jinshan and Fengxian sub‑areas into the unified management of the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, the total administrative area expanded to 36.1 square kilometers.

2 Leading Industries

The Shanghai Chemical Industry Park focuses on developing industries such as petrochemicals, fine chemicals, and polymer materials, and has now become the world’s largest production base for isocyanates and China’s largest for polycarbonate. The park emphasizes strengthening competitiveness along the industrial chain, having established a relatively complete value chain: ethylene serves as the upstream anchor, isocyanates form the midstream segment, and fine‑chemical intermediates like polyisocyanates and polycarbonates, along with downstream products such as coatings and adhesives, constitute the end‑use applications. At the same time, the park has attracted leading international industry players and adopted cutting‑edge technologies to produce high‑value‑added new products, thereby filling critical domestic gaps.

3 Resident Enterprises

At present, multinational corporations such as BP in the UK, BASF and Bayer in Germany, Evonik in Germany, Huntsman in the US, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Mitsui Chemicals in Japan, as well as world‑renowned utility companies like Suez of France, Vopak of the Netherlands, Air Liquide of France, and Praxair of the US, have established operations within the zone. In 2015, cumulative investment attracted reached US$27 billion, with total fixed‑asset investment amounting to RMB 130 billion, annual sales revenue ranging from RMB 130 billion to RMB 150 billion, and tax revenues for the year totaling RMB 7 billion. The chemical park’s development goal is to become one of Asia’s largest, most concentrated, and highest‑standard world‑class petrochemical hubs.

II. Huizhou Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone

1 Park Overview

The Huizhou Daya Bay (National‑Level) Economic and Technological Development Zone was approved by the State Council in May 1993. It administers three subdistrict offices: Aotou, Xiqu, and Xiayong. Its land area covers 293 square kilometers, accounting for 2.58% of Huizhou City; its marine area (including islands) spans 1,319 square kilometers, or 29.19% of the city; and its coastline stretches 63.1 kilometers, representing 22.42% of the city’s total. The zone has a permanent population of 208,500, which constitutes 4.33% of Huizhou City’s total. In 2016, the zone recorded a regional GDP of RMB 43.78 billion, up 5.8%; value added by industrial enterprises above designated size reached RMB 35.03 billion, an increase of 5.3%; fixed asset investment totaled RMB 39.61 billion, up 9.6%; industrial investment amounted to RMB 20.61 billion, up 11.0%; and public fiscal budget revenue stood at RMB 4.7 billion.

2 Leading Industries

In the petrochemical sector, the industrial park is focusing on developing five major industrial clusters: the C2 downstream chain, the C3 downstream chain, the C4 downstream and refinery by‑product segment, the aromatics downstream chain, and specialty chemicals for fine‑chemical applications. Efforts are being intensified to attract investment and select high‑value projects in advanced fine chemicals and new chemical materials, with priority given to downstream value‑chain initiatives such as ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, C4, and C5 derivatives. A number of promising high‑end fine‑chemical projects—particularly those producing synthetic rubbers and resins—are also being actively pursued. Leveraging two flagship projects—the CNOOC 12‑million‑ton refining complex and the CNOOC‑Shell 950,000‑ton ethylene plant—the petrochemical zone has so far attracted a total of 79 projects, with combined investments of RMB 167.8 billion, and a preliminary upstream–midstream–downstream industrial structure has taken shape. Supported by leading enterprises such as BYD and Dongfeng Honda, which drive related electronics and automotive industries, the Daya Bay Area has emerged as a key port‑adjacent industrial hub on the eastern bank of the Pearl River Estuary, home to thriving clusters in petrochemicals, electronic information, and automotive equipment manufacturing. In recent years, the Daya Bay Area has made enhancing regional innovation capacity a cornerstone of its strategy to transform its economic development model, resulting in rapid growth across high‑tech industries and strategic emerging sectors.

3 Resident Enterprises

The petrochemical zone has attracted leading international chemical and related industry players from more than 20 countries and regions, including the United States, Japan, and the Netherlands.

The CNOOC‑Shell 950,000‑ton‑per‑year ethylene project was completed and commissioned in 2006, while the first phase of the CNOOC Huizhou Refining 12‑million‑ton‑per‑year refinery was completed and put into operation in 2009.

The CNOOC Huizhou Refinery Phase II project, which includes a 22-million-ton-per-year refining capacity (comprising the existing Phase I of 12 million tons per year), along with a 1-million-ton-per-year ethylene production facility, commenced construction on July 9, 2013. According to the construction schedule, the 10-million-ton-per-year refining unit is slated for completion and commissioning by the end of 2016, while the 1-million-ton-per-year ethylene plant is scheduled to be commissioned in June 2017. Upon full operation, the project is expected to generate an additional annual revenue of RMB 82 billion.

Driven by refining and ethylene projects, a large number of downstream and midstream petrochemical facilities have been established, including those of Germany’s BASF, Switzerland’s Clariant, South Korea’s LG Chem, Japan’s Mitsubishi Rayon and Bridgestone, as well as Taiwan’s Hengtong and Li Changrong. The key products covered include styrene‑butadiene latex, surfactants, ABS, methyl methacrylate (MMA), synthetic rubber SBR, thermoplastic elastomer SBS, acrylic acid and its esters, among others.

III. Ningbo Petrochemical Economic and Technological Development Zone

1 Park Overview

The Ningbo Chemical Industrial Zone is located on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay, facing Shanghai’s Jinshan Petrochemical and Caojing Chemical Industrial Zones on the northern shore. Situated at the heart of China’s Yangtze River Delta petrochemical cluster, it forms an integral part of the Hangzhou Bay–surrounding petrochemical industrial circle. As Ningbo’s sole specialized petrochemical industrial park, it covers a total planned area of 56.22 square kilometers. On December 30, 2010, with approval from the State Council, the Ningbo Chemical Industrial Zone was officially upgraded to a national-level economic and technological development zone and renamed the Ningbo Petrochemical Economic and Technological Development Zone. Within the zone stands China’s largest liquid chemical terminal in Zhenhai, boasting an annual throughput capacity exceeding 5 million tons; it is also home to China’s largest refining and petrochemical enterprise—Zhenhai Refining & Chemical—capable of processing 25 million tons of crude oil annually and producing 1 million tons of ethylene. Guided by the principles of a circular economy in the petrochemical industry, the Ningbo Petrochemical Economic and Technological Development Zone has defined its overall industrial positioning: anchored by the “Refining–Ethylene” project, supported by the liquid chemical terminal, and leveraging olefins and aromatics as key feedstocks, it prioritizes the development of downstream ethylene‑based products, synthetic resins, and basic organic chemical raw materials, gradually establishing an integrated upstream–downstream petrochemical value chain.

2 Leading Industries

The park is planned in three phases: In the initial phase, the focus will be on the deep processing of imported primary raw materials, with key projects centered on the downstream processing of imported feedstocks, fine chemicals, and polymer‑based chemical manufacturing. This phase will establish dedicated zones for basic chemical feedstocks, synthetic materials, polymer processing, and fine chemicals. In the mid‑term phase, the park will be developed into a modern, large‑scale petrochemical complex, led by the Zhenhai Refining & Chemical “large‑scale refining and ethylene” project, with a diversified portfolio of chemical products. In the long term, the plan calls for further development of medium‑ and large‑scale integrated refining and chemical projects, with the goal of establishing a world‑class, large‑scale petrochemical base. Within the designated planning area, the park is divided into five functional zones: an ethylene and downstream industries zone; a large‑scale synthetic resin industries zone; a basic organic chemical feedstock industries zone; a fine chemicals and advanced chemical materials industries zone; and a long‑term development zone located in Longshan Town, Cixi City.

3 Resident Enterprises

As of the end of 2014, the industrial park had 118 operational manufacturing enterprises, with cumulative industrial investment exceeding RMB 75 billion and total foreign direct investment reaching US$620 million. The park is home to China’s largest refining and petrochemical complex—Zhenhai Refining & Chemical—boasting an annual refining capacity of 25 million tons and an ethylene production capacity of 1 million tons. In addition, the park has attracted such companies as AkzoNobel of the Netherlands, LG Yongxing of South Korea, Total, Fude Energy, Japan’s Daicel Chemical and Zhenyang Chemical, Juhua Technology, and Hangzhou Bay Acrylic Fiber, among others. In recent years, Fortune Global 500 firms have increasingly established operations in Ningbo, injecting fresh momentum into the city’s economic development. By the end of July 2016, 49 Fortune Global 500 companies had invested in Ningbo, launching 110 projects with a total investment of US$11.07 billion, of which US$4.58 billion was contracted foreign capital and US$3.41 billion had been actually utilized.

IV. Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park

1 Park Overview

The Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park, located in Liuhe District of Nanjing, is a national-level chemical industrial park and China’s second major petrochemical base after Shanghai. Its short-term development plan covers 45 square kilometers, with a long-term expansion to 100 square kilometers. The park will be developed to world-class standards—“world‑leading, China’s best”—with ethylene, acetic acid, and chlorochemicals as its three pillar industries, while forging deep partnerships with global petrochemical giants.

The Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park focuses on developing petrochemicals, basic organic chemical raw materials, fine chemicals, polymer materials, advanced chemical materials, and life‑science and pharmaceutical projects. As a key project in Nanjing’s economic development for the new century, it is also one of the priority chemical‑industry bases under the China Petrochemical Corporation.

By the end of 2015, the park’s industrial zone had accumulated approximately RMB 200 billion in investment and saw 148 enterprises commissioned, including 62 foreign-invested firms. More than 20 Fortune Global 500 and top‑50 chemical companies—such as BASF, BP, Huntsman, and Air Products—have established operations there, giving rise to an industrial development framework centered on new materials, life sciences, and high‑end specialty chemicals. The park’s industrial scale and overall competitiveness rank among the highest of its kind nationwide.

2 Leading Industries

The park has now established a modern chemical industry system, with the petrochemical and C1 industrial chains as its main pillars, and new materials, life sciences, and high-end fine chemicals as key components. It boasts a wide range of basic raw materials and bulk chemical feedstocks, coupled with substantial production capacity. The park has become one of China’s largest ethylene production bases, one of the world’s largest epoxide industry hubs, one of the world’s leading acetate and derivative production centers, one of the nation’s largest aromatics production bases, one of the country’s largest polymer material manufacturing clusters, and the largest methanol distribution center in East China, among other distinctions.

3 Resident Enterprises

By the end of 2014, a total of 25.42 square kilometers of industrial land had been developed, and 320 enterprises had moved into the park, including 109 foreign-invested companies—among them more than 30 Fortune Global 500 firms, leading global chemical companies, and market‑leading players in niche sectors. A total of 148 enterprises had been completed and put into operation, with cumulative fixed‑asset investment across the entire society reaching RMB 165.9 billion. In 2014, the park generated an output value of RMB 196.8 billion, sales revenue of RMB 196.2 billion, and profits and taxes totaling RMB 15.7 billion. Major enterprises located in the park include Yangzi Petrochemical, Yangzi BASF, Yangzi BP, Yangzi Eastman, Huisheng Clean Energy, Celanese, Ashland, WACKER, SABIC, Bluestar Adisseo, Jinling DSM, Jinling Huntsman, Air Products, Linde Gas, Praxair, and others.

V. Ningbo Daxie Development Zone

1 Park Overview

The Daxie Development Zone was approved by the State Council in March 1993, with a planned area of 35.2 square kilometers, including 19.6 square kilometers of developable land. It is a national-level development zone characterized by its port‑related industries, distinctive features, and an environment that is both livable and conducive to business. After 22 years of development and construction, the Daxie Development Zone has grown into one of Ningbo’s three major petrochemical industry bases, a core port area of Ningbo Port, and an important energy transshipment hub in Eastern China.

The Daxie Development Zone has cumulatively completed fixed-asset investments totaling RMB 49.85 billion. In 2014, it recorded an industrial gross output value of RMB 54.15 billion and total fiscal revenue of RMB 11.15 billion, making it one of the regions in Zhejiang Province with the highest investment intensity and output per unit area. The Daxie Port Area handled a cargo throughput of 80.52 million tons and a container throughput of 2.55 million TEUs. Daxie has a permanent population of 47,000.

2 Leading Industries

Daxie has developed four major specialized industrial clusters—Wanhua Industrial Park, CNOOC Daxie Petrochemical Production Base, Mitsubishi Chemical Industrial Park, and Xiebei New Materials Industrial Park—each characterized by strong agglomeration effects and distinct competitive advantages. The region boasts production capacities of 3 million tons of asphalt (equivalent to a crude oil processing capacity of 8 million tons), 1.2 million tons of MDI, 500,000 tons of caustic soda, 400,000 tons of liquid chlorine, 700,000 tons of PTA, 300,000 tons of PVC, 110,000 tons of polyether, and 25,000 tons of PTMG.

3 Resident Enterprises

CNOOC, Wanhua Chemical, Donghua Energy, along with Japan’s Mitsubishi Chemical, South Korea’s Hanwha Chemical, Germany’s Linde Gas, Germany’s Hansheng Petrochemical, Hong Kong’s Livan Group, and other Fortune Global 500 companies and industry leaders, have established a strong presence, giving rise to four major industrial parks: the Wanhua Industrial Park, CNOOC Daxie Petrochemical Production Base, Mitsubishi Chemical Industrial Park, and Xiebei New Materials Industrial Park.

VI. Jiangsu Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park

1 Park Overview

In 2001, the People’s Government of Jiangsu Province approved the establishment of the Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park in Jiangsu as a supporting industrial zone for the bonded area. The park is the largest fine‑chemical industrial park in the Yangtze River Basin, with a total planned area of 24 square kilometers; to date, 13.78 square kilometers have been developed. In 2014, the park recorded an industrial output value of RMB 61.5 billion, sales revenue of RMB 68 billion, profits and taxes totaling RMB 1.351 billion, and cumulative fixed‑asset investment of RMB 7.028 billion.

2 Leading Industries

At present, the park is characterized by a pronounced industrial agglomeration and a clear advantage in industrial chain deployment. It has established several leading industrial clusters, including organic silicon—currently the largest in China; high-performance materials, with a number of well-known enterprises producing phenolic resins, nylon plastics, specialty engineering‑plastic alloys, specialized epoxy resins, polytrimethylene terephthalate, UV‑curable resins, and more; lithium‑ion battery chemicals, where lithium hexafluorophosphate and electrolyte production rank first nationwide; fine chemicals, home to the country’s largest fatty acid production base; and basic chemicals, featuring the nation’s largest sulfur‑based sulfuric acid facility.

3 Resident Enterprises

At present, there are a total of 97 chemical enterprises, including 39 chemical production companies, 40 chemical‑using enterprises, and 18 chemical storage facilities. Among these, 68 are foreign‑invested firms, with notable representatives such as U.S. companies DuPont, Dow, Dow Corning, Honeywell, and PPG; European firms Wacker, Jordan, Messer, Air Liquide, and Vopak; Japanese companies Mitsubishi, Asahi Kasei, Nippon Paint, Hokko, Morita, and Nippon Paint; and Australia’s Galaxy, among others. Domestic enterprises number 29, with leading names including listed companies Huachang Chemical and Donghua Energy, as well as industry leaders such as Shuangshi Fine Chemical and Guotai Huarong. Of these, 65 are large‑scale operations, 30 are Fortune Global 500 companies, and 12 rank among the world’s top 20 chemical firms.

VII. Taixing Economic Development Zone, Jiangsu Province

1 Park Overview

Established in 1993, the Taixing Economic Development Zone in Jiangsu Province is one of the first 13 provincial-level development zones in Jiangsu and also among the earliest specialized fine‑chemical industrial parks in China. The zone covers a total planned area of 68 square kilometers, with a built‑up core area of nearly 20 square kilometers. Based on its functional positioning, it is divided into a fine‑chemical park, a high‑tech industrial park, a port‑logistics park, a chemical‑equipment manufacturing park, and an administrative and business center.

2 Leading Industries

At present, the industrial park has developed well-defined industrial clusters spanning chlor-alkali, dyes and pigments, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, oleochemicals, and other fine chemicals. It has become the world’s largest production base for high‑quality chloroacetic acid and polysulfide rubber; the largest polyacrylamide production base in the Asia‑Pacific region; China’s leading production hubs for carboxymethyl cellulose and acrylic acid, as well as for reactive dyes; and its ion‑exchange membrane caustic soda output currently ranks among the top three nationwide.

3 Resident Enterprises

At present, the park has successfully attracted more than 100 enterprises from over 20 countries and regions, including Singapore, the Netherlands, France, and the United States, among which 12 are Fortune Global 500 companies. The chlor-alkali industry in the chemical park stands out as the most distinctive among its peers nationwide, boasting a fully integrated upstream–downstream supply chain and a relatively complete industrial value chain. Its downstream products have expanded into multiple sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, chemical auxiliaries, and engineering plastics, drawing more than 20 enterprises, including Singapore’s Xinpu Chemical and France’s Aisen Flocculant Company.

VIII. Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Park

1 Park Overview

In October 2003, the Party committees and governments of Yangzhou and Yizheng jointly planned and developed the Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Park. The park is a provincial-level development zone and was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in May 2006. Located on the southwestern side of Yizheng City, it is bounded to the east by the Xupu River, to the south by the Yangtze River’s golden waterway, to the west by Nanjing’s Liuhe District, and to the north by the Nantong–Nanjing Expressway. With a planned area of 62 square kilometers, the park is divided into seven major functional zones: a raw-materials industrial zone, the Yizheng Synthetic Fiber Plant area, a fine-chemicals zone, a logistics and warehousing zone, a public‑utility zone, an ecological‑construction zone, and a residential‑services zone.

2 Leading Industries

The park has initially established an industrial cluster characterized by olefins and aromatics as its core, with integrated development spanning petrochemicals, fine chemicals, new chemical materials, and petrochemical logistics.

(1) Propylene Industry Chain: A propylene industry chain has been established, with heavy oil catalytic cracking as the leading segment and propylene oxide, phenol/acetone, and other products serving as supporting pillars.

(2) Ethylene Industry Chain: An ethylene-based industrial chain has been established, with ethylene as the flagship product and supported by ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, EA/EOD, and other downstream products.

(3) Aromatics Industry Chain: An aromatics industry chain has been preliminarily established, with purified terephthalic acid (PTA) as the flagship product and supported by polyester, biaxially oriented film, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), biomass pellets, and recycled bottle flakes.

(4) High-end fine chemicals and new chemical materials industry: A four‑pillar industrial structure has been preliminarily established, encompassing high‑performance fiber materials led by aromatics, specialty fine chemicals centered on propylene, ethylene‑derived fine specialty chemicals based on ethylene oxide, and functional polymer materials represented by epoxy resins, ultra‑high‑molecular‑weight polyethylene, and organic fluorine‑containing materials.

3 Resident Enterprises

At present, the park has attracted a host of major domestic and international petrochemical enterprises, including Taiwan’s Far Eastern Group, Donglian Chemical, Dalian Chemical, Hong Kong’s Kingboard Group, Japan’s Toray, Sumitomo Chemical, Dayang Nissin, U.S.-based Praxair, Britain’s Bona, South Korea’s Kumho, Singapore’s Keppel Corporation, Zhuhai Hengjida Xin, Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fiber, PetroChina Kunlun Gas, Sinochem International, China Huadian Corporation, Sinochem Yangnong Group, and Liaoning Oak Chemical, among others. In 2014, the park recorded total business revenue of RMB 109.5 billion and cumulative fixed‑asset investment of RMB 41.6 billion.

9. Zibo Qilu Chemical Industrial Park

1 Park Overview

Qilu Chemical Industrial Park is a key collaborative project between the Shandong Provincial Government and Sinopec Group, and it is the third specialized chemical park approved at the national level, following the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park and the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park. The park covers a planned area of 48 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers comprise existing developed zones such as Qilu Petrochemical Company, while an additional 26 square kilometers are earmarked for new development. The park is divided into six functional zones: a core zone, a fine chemicals park, a plastics processing zone, an export processing zone, a warehousing and logistics zone, and a new materials industrial park. Since its establishment in September 2002, the park’s administrative committee has consistently prioritized ecological improvement, infrastructure enhancement, and investment promotion as critical pillars for accelerating park development. This favorable environment has provided strong momentum for the park’s growth, and in 2011, Qilu Chemical Industrial Park was recognized as a Demonstration Base for New‑Type Industrialization in Shandong Province.

2 Leading Industries

Leveraging the petrochemical industry advantages of Linzi District, the region is vigorously developing downstream processing products and focusing on extending five major industrial chains: petrochemicals, fine chemicals, new chemical materials, C1 chemistry, and plastics and mechanical processing. First, priority projects include ethylene oxide, ethylene–propylene rubber, butanol–octanol, propylene oxide, acrylonitrile, polypropylene composite paper, methyl ethyl ketone, MTBE, polyisobutylene, isoprene rubber, maleic anhydride, 1,4-butanediol, terephthalic acid, hydrogenated petroleum resin, and high‑grade solvent oil. Second, the development of various modified additives is being accelerated, with intensified R&D and technology transfer efforts to integrate raw materials and additives, while prioritizing engineering plastics and modified rubbers. Third, emphasis is placed on specialized synthetic resins, engineering plastics, and plastic alloys—such as polyoxymethylene (POM), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polycarbonate (PC), polyamide (PA), and carbon fiber—as well as ultrafine powder materials, novel organosilicon compounds, and inorganic products tailored to support the microelectronics, information, and energy industries. Fourth, building on existing syngas‑derived products like urea and methanol, a coal‑chemical industry chain is being established. Fifth, with plastic films, woven plastic products, rubber goods, plastic pipes, chemical containers, and specialty plastic pellets as signature flagship products, the region produces engineering plastics that exhibit cold‑resistance, heat‑resistance, flame retardancy, and other advanced performance characteristics.

3 Resident Enterprises

The park has successively attracted and developed large domestic and international enterprises, including Eastman of the United States, BOC of the United Kingdom, Perstorp of Sweden, Inco of the United States, and Qixiang Tenda. In 2013, the park was home to 223 enterprises above designated size, with a total industrial output value of RMB 136.5 billion (including Qilu Petrochemical), generating profits and taxes totaling RMB 17.426 billion. Fixed asset investment reached RMB 7.557 billion, and the workforce exceeded 80,000 employees. The park’s production capacities for C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, aromatic hydrocarbon processing, phthalic anhydride, carbonyl synthesis products, DOP (dioctyl phthalate), DBP (dibutyl phthalate), chemical plastic additives, and other specialty chemicals all rank among the nation’s highest; moreover, certain companies’ products hold prominent positions in both domestic and international markets.

X. Dongying Port Economic Development Zone

1 Park Overview

The Dongying Port Economic Development Zone is a provincial-level economic development zone approved by the provincial government in April 2006. It is located along the southwestern coast of the Bohai Bay, approximately 100 kilometers north of Dongying City. The zone serves as the leading and priority development area within the Yellow River Delta’s initiative to build an efficient, eco‑friendly economic region. Its initial development area covers 102 square kilometers, with a planned control zone of 232 square kilometers and a long-term expansion area of 466 square kilometers. The zone focuses on developing four key industries: eco‑chemicals, modern logistics, equipment manufacturing, and strategic emerging sectors.

2 Leading Industries

The development zone is prioritizing the cultivation of distinctive, competitive industries such as modern logistics, eco‑friendly chemical manufacturing, and marine equipment fabrication. In the chemical sector, the C3 and C4 value chains are now relatively well established, while the ethylene and aromatics value chains are steadily expanding.

3 Resident Enterprises

Key initiatives included the development of three major port‑adjacent logistics parks—CNOOC, Wantong, and Baogang—with a combined investment exceeding RMB 8 billion, as well as the construction of CNOOC’s 15‑million‑ton crude oil onshore terminal in the Bohai Bay. Projects such as Wanda Tianhong, Huamao New Materials, Haike Ruilin, Aikexin, and Shenchi Petrochemical have already been successfully commissioned. Additionally, the first phase of the United Petrochemical large‑scale mixed aromatics project, with a total investment of RMB 18 billion, was completed and put into operation in the second half of 2015.

XI. China Chemical New Materials (Jiaxing) Industrial Park

1 Park Overview

The Jiaxing Port Chemical Industrial Park is one of the key functional zones within the Zhapu Economic Development Zone in Zhejiang Province, with a planned area of 10 square kilometers and approximately 6 square kilometers already developed. In its early years, the park produced 103,000 tons of polycarbonate, accounting for more than 50% of the national output; it also boasted an annual capacity of 60,000 tons of organosilicon monomer blends, ranking third nationwide, and 55,000 tons of novel flame retardants, the highest in China. With the commissioning of major projects such as Hesheng Chemical and polysilicon facilities, the park is poised to become a highly influential base for advanced chemical materials—both in the Yangtze River Delta and across the country—boasting leading capacities, market shares, sales revenues, and capabilities in independent innovation.

2 Leading Industries

The park is currently vigorously developing a port‑adjacent industrial cluster centered on new chemical materials, organic chemical raw materials, and modern logistics. Within this framework, the new chemical materials sector is led by plastics, organosilicon products, novel flame retardants, polyurethanes, and water‑treatment agents.

3 Resident Enterprises

At present, more than 40 major chemical enterprises have established operations in the park, including foreign-invested firms from Japan, the United States, South Korea, the Netherlands, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries and regions. Internationally renowned companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, Teijin, Tosoh, Lotte, and Hyosung have successively set up facilities within the park. Meanwhile, leading domestic players—including Zhejiang Jiahua Energy & Chemical, Sanjiang Chemical, Hesheng Silicon Industry, Zhejiang Chuanhua, Zhejiang Xinhui Synthetic Materials, and Jiaxing Petrochemical—have also completed and commissioned projects with investments exceeding RMB 1 billion each. In 2014, the advanced chemical materials sector achieved a total industrial output value of RMB 38.3 billion.

XII. Cangzhou Lingang Economic and Technological Development Zone

1 Park Overview

The development zone is located in the southeastern part of Hebei Province, covering a total area of 268 square kilometers and home to a population of 42,000. As one of the key areas designated for development under national policy, it constitutes an important component of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei metropolitan economic integration and has been incorporated into Hebei Province’s “One Axis, Two Wings” economic development strategy.

2 Leading Industries

The development zone has established major projects including 630,000 tons of PVC, 150,000 tons of TDI, 2 million tons of cement, 360,000 tons of chlor-alkali chemicals, a 2 × 350 MW cogeneration plant, 600,000 tons of synthetic ammonia coupled with 800,000 tons of urea, 20,000 tons of catalysts, 100,000 tons of fragrances and flavors, 200,000 tons of pharmaceutical and agrochemical intermediates, as well as specialized chemicals totaling 200,000 tons. These initiatives have fostered a port‑adjacent industrial cluster dominated by petrochemicals, coal‑chemicals, and fine chemicals.

3 Resident Enterprises

The industrial park has attracted a host of renowned domestic and international chemical enterprises, including China National Chemical Corporation, China Resources Group of Hong Kong, Jizhong Energy Group, Air Products (U.S.), Veolia (France), Air Liquide (France), Beijing Jinyu Group, and Yangmei Zhengyuan Group, along with supporting utility‑service and logistics firms. At present, the development zone hosts a total of 118 enterprises, of which 23 are above designated size. In 2014, the zone generated an industrial value added of RMB 12.576 billion.

XIII. Quangang Petrochemical Industrial Park

1 Park Overview

Quangang District is located along China’s southeastern coast, in the central part of Fujian Province, on the southern shore of Meizhou Bay. The industrial park covers a planned area of 29.6 square kilometers and is divided into four zones—Xianjing, Nanshan, Chlor-Alkali, and Yangyu—based on industrial layout; to date, 12.82 square kilometers have been developed.

2 Leading Industries

The industrial park adheres to the development philosophy of “major projects—industrial chains—industrial clusters—industrial bases,” and has planned nine distinct industrial chains, including a diversified olefin feedstock chain, a C4/C5 integrated utilization chain, an ethylene–benzene chain, a propylene chain, and a benzene chain. Currently operational projects include: Fujian United Chemical Company’s integrated refining‑ethylene facility with an annual capacity of 14 million tons of crude oil processing and 1.1 million tons of ethylene; Linde Gas’s two air‑separation units totaling 80,000 cubic meters per hour; Henghe Chemical’s 100,000‑ton‑per‑year dimethyl ether plant; Quanning Chemical’s 6,300‑ton‑per‑year heavy‑duty packaging film line; Hongrun Company’s 120,000‑ton‑per‑year polystyrene resin plant; Dongxin Company’s 60,000‑ton‑per‑year cyclohexanone plant; Meizhou Bay Chlor-Alkali Company’s 100,000‑ton‑per‑year ion‑exchange membrane caustic soda plant, along with its 60,000‑ton‑per‑year poly(butylene terephthalate) unit, 40,000‑ton‑per‑year propylene oxide plant, 50,000‑ton‑per‑year polyether plant, and 40,000‑ton‑per‑year 1,4‑butanediol plant; as well as Fujiang Rubber’s 100,000‑ton‑per‑year styrene‑butadiene rubber and 50,000‑ton‑per‑year cis‑1,4‑polybutadiene rubber facilities.

3 Resident Enterprises

Currently, nearly 30 large-scale petrochemical enterprises have established a presence here, including ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Sinopec, Linde Gas, Henghe Chemical, Quanning Chemical, Hongrun Company, Dongxin Company, Meizhou Bay Chlor-Alkali Company, and Fujiang Rubber Company. Among them, Fujian United Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is a major Sino‑foreign joint venture in the petrochemical sector, jointly funded by Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Co., Ltd., ExxonMobil China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, and Saudi Aramco China Co., Ltd. In 2014, the petrochemical industry’s output value exceeded RMB 80 billion.

XIV. Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone

1 Park Overview

In 2001 and 2003, the Chongqing Municipal Government approved the establishment of the Chongqing Changshou Chemical Industry Park and the Chongqing Yanjia Industrial Park, respectively. In 2010, with approval from the State Council, the Chongqing Changshou Chemical Industry Park was upgraded to a national-level economic and technological development zone. In 2011, the municipal government decided to integrate the Chongqing Yanjia Industrial Park into the Changshou Economic and Technological Development Zone, with a planned area of 73.6 square kilometers, focusing on the development of five major industries: iron and steel metallurgy, new materials and new energy, equipment manufacturing, natural gas chemical engineering, and petrochemicals.

2 Leading Industries

The Economic Development Zone is prioritizing the development of five major industrial clusters—natural gas chemicals, petrochemicals, new materials and new energy, advanced steel, and equipment manufacturing—and aims to achieve an industrial output value of RMB 300 billion by 2020.

Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Plant is investing over RMB 30 billion to build the nation’s largest, most diversified, and technologically advanced new‑materials base for natural‑gas‑based chemical production. The MDI project, wholly owned by Germany’s BASF, was commissioned and began trial operations on April 29, 2015. Meanwhile, Yunnan Yuntianhua Co., Ltd., which operates the country’s largest polyoxymethylene production facility, has invested in a 60,000‑ton‑per‑year polyoxymethylene project.

The industrial park is developing an integrated heavy‑oil chemical project that will produce ethylene, propylene, isobutylene, butadiene, benzene, acetone, bisphenol A, and other products, providing critical raw materials for engineering plastics.

3 Resident Enterprises

The park has successfully attracted such enterprises as BP of the United Kingdom, China Petrochemical Corporation, China National Petroleum Corporation, BASF of Germany, DSM of the Netherlands, Linde Gas of Germany, Praxair of the United States, Sinochem International, COSCO Logistics, Kumho of South Korea, Degussa of Germany, Dalkia of France, Hong Kong’s Kingboard Chemical Group, and Yuntianhua Co., Ltd.

XV. Maoming High-tech Economic Development Zone

1 Park Overview

As Maoming’s petrochemical industry has rapidly expanded, the Maoming Petrochemical Industrial Zone of Guangdong Province was established in 2003 and, in 2011, was officially designated by the Guangdong Provincial Government as a provincial-level high-tech industrial development zone. Since then, the Maoming High-Tech Industrial Development Zone has emerged, growing from scratch to become a major hub. Over more than five decades of development, Maoming has evolved into Guangdong Province’s largest petrochemical base and one of China’s leading integrated refining‑and‑petrochemical production centers. Guided by the goal of building a world-class petrochemical industry base, the Maoming High-Tech Industrial Development Zone has seized opportunities presented by the rise of strategic emerging industries. Leveraging its strong petrochemical foundation and local resource advantages, it has shaped an “1-3-1” industrial structure: anchored by the distinctive petrochemical and fine chemical sectors, supported by three strategic emerging industries—new materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, and biotechnology and health—and complemented by modern services. This framework is driving the park’s transformation from a single-industry‑dominated model toward a diversified, technology‑driven industrial landscape that jointly underpins its continued growth.

2 Leading Industries

Relying on Maoming’s robust petrochemical industrial base and leveraging its competitive advantages, the High-tech Zone is vigorously promoting the agglomeration and development of key industries. It prioritizes the advancement of sectors such as ethylene oxide, ethylene, propylene, C4–C9 hydrocarbons, aromatics, fine chemicals, deep processing of petroleum products, and rubber and plastics processing. As a result, four major petrochemical industry clusters have taken shape, encompassing crude oil refining and downstream product processing (including lubricating oils, white wax oils, and solvent oils), the production of organic chemical feedstocks (such as C4, C5, and C9 compounds), the synthesis of polymer materials (including polyethylene, synthetic resins, and isoprene rubber), and fine chemical manufacturing (covering iso‑nonanol, ethanolamine, and a range of downstream ethylene oxide‑based products).

3 Resident Enterprises

Maoming High-tech Industrial Development Zone, with Maoming Petrochemical as its industrial flagship, has continuously extended the petrochemical value chain while pursuing diversified industrial development. In line with circular economy principles, the zone has steadily upgraded its supporting infrastructure—such as utility tunnels and transportation networks—enhanced administrative service efficiency, and fostered a favorable business environment. As a result, a number of Fortune Global 500 companies, including Sinopec, BASF, Air Liquide, and Sakata Ink, have established operations in the zone, while leading domestic enterprises like Guangdong Oak, Jiahua Chemical, and Shandong Luhua have also concentrated there, creating a diversified industrial ecosystem that is centered on the chemical sector and integrates equipment manufacturing, advanced materials, food processing, and e‑commerce logistics. In 2015, the zone’s total industrial output exceeded RMB 50 billion.

16. Wuhan Chemical Industry Park

1 Park Overview

The Wuhan Chemical Industry Zone is the city’s youngest functional zone, an integral part of Wuhan’s four major industrial clusters, and the largest petrochemical industry base in Central China. Located in the northeastern part of Wuhan’s central urban area, it borders the Yangtze River to the east and north, adjoins the East Lake High-tech Development Zone to the south, and extends westward into Qingshan District, situated in the downstream section of the Yangtze River within Wuhan. The zone has a planned area of 71.64 square kilometers, with 11 square kilometers already developed, and a population of 65,000.

2 Leading Industries

The Wuhan Chemical Industry Park has established an industrial system characterized by “one core, four chains, and three clusters.” Centered on an 800,000‑ton ethylene plant, it has developed four industrial chains—C5, C9, ethylene oxide, and aromatics—and has initially formed three major industrial clusters: petrochemicals, chemical logistics, and new materials.

3 Resident Enterprises

At present, the zone is home to 316 enterprises and has attracted a number of renowned international and domestic companies, including South Korea’s SK, Sinopec, Hong Kong’s China Resources, France’s Suez, Singapore’s Hengyang, Linuo Group, Shandong Luhua, Liaoning Oak, and Yangtze Optical Fibre. By the end of 2014, the zone had accumulated fixed‑asset investments totaling RMB 50.6 billion.

XVII. Jiangsu High-Tech Fluorochemical Industrial Park

1 Park Overview

The Jiangsu Changshu New Materials Industrial Park was established in October 1999 and, in July 2001, received approval from the People’s Government of Jiangsu Province to be designated the “Jiangsu High-Tech Fluorine Chemical Industrial Park.” Owing to its distinct industrial characteristics and competitive advantages in the fluorine chemicals sector, it was awarded the title “China Fluorine Chemical Industrial Park” by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association in December 2006. In July 2008, to further strengthen park development and implement the national policy of vigorously promoting the new materials industry, the park added the nameplate “Jiangsu Changshu New Materials Industrial Park,” becoming the fourth-largest economic pillar of Changshu City and focusing on the development of new materials, fluorine chemicals, fine chemicals, biopharmaceuticals, and related industries.

2 Leading Industries

The park prioritizes the development of six key industries: organic fluorine materials, high-performance membrane materials, specialty fibers, engineering plastics, polyurethane materials, and electronic chemical materials.

3 Resident Enterprises

The park has, to date, attracted more than 60 enterprises, including over 20 foreign-invested companies. Among them are such renowned domestic and international firms as DuPont of the United States, Daikin of Japan, Arkema of France, as well as Japan’s Gifu, Belgium’s Solvay, New Zealand’s Nuplex, and China’s San-Ai-Fu, Shanghai Yunfeng, and Yantai Huada, with total investment exceeding US$1.5 billion.

18. China Petroleum & Chemical (Qinzhou) Industrial Park

1 Park Overview

The Sinopec Qinzhou Industrial Park is located within the National-level Qinzhou Port Economic and Technological Development Zone, a core industrial area prioritized for development in the Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone. In August 2012, it successfully passed the review of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, becoming the fourth such park nationwide and the only one in the Southwest and South China economic circles to bear the “Sinopec” name. The park covers a planned area of 36 square kilometers, with approximately 28.6 square kilometers available for use. To date, settled projects and pre‑selected sites under negotiation collectively occupy about 15.8 square kilometers, leaving roughly 14 square kilometers of land still available.

2 Leading Industries

Relying on PetroChina’s ten‑million‑ton refinery, the Huayi Industrial Gas Island, and the methanol‑to‑olefins project, the park is strategically developing four major industrial chains: a refining‑byproduct processing and value‑added chain, a polyester chain, a diversified olefin chain, and a phosphate‑chemicals and biochemicals chain.

3 Resident Enterprises

At present, approximately 20 petrochemical enterprises have established operations in the area, including three foreign-invested firms. Cumulative fixed investment has reached roughly RMB 70 billion, with industrial output above designated size exceeding RMB 50 billion and tax revenues surpassing RMB 7 billion. Key companies include PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical Company, Guangxi Yuchai Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Qinzhou Tianheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd., China Power Investment Beibu Gulf (Guangxi) Thermal Power Co., Ltd., Guangxi Qinzhou Chengxing Chemical Technology Co., Ltd., Guangxi Hongda Bioenergy Technology Co., Ltd., and Qinzhou Shengke Water Services Co., Ltd., among others.

19. Jilin City Chemical Industry Circular Economy Demonstration Park

1 Park Overview

The Jilin Chemical Industry Circular Economy Demonstration Park (hereinafter referred to as the Jilin Chemical Industrial Park) was approved by the provincial government in October 2008. With a planned area of 59.8 square kilometers, it enjoys the administrative authority and preferential policies accorded to provincial-level development zones. Adhering to the principles of “resource sharing, industrial integration, optimized spatial layout, advanced logistics, and safety and environmental protection,” the park leverages its regional advantages in raw materials and industries, actively pursues deep cooperation with domestic and international chemical enterprises, and is committed to developing into a chemical industry cluster with an output value exceeding RMB 100 billion.

2 Leading Industries

The Jilin Chemical Industrial Park is located in a region that marks the birthplace of China’s chemical industry and serves as a key industrial base in Northeast China. Over more than 50 years of development, it has established a relatively complete chemical industry system encompassing petrochemicals, synthetic materials, and fine chemicals. The park currently hosts over 200 chemical enterprises, producing a wide range of products, including basic organic chemical feedstocks, synthetic materials, fine chemicals, and biochemicals. Among these, more than 60 products enjoy substantial production scales and hold significant market shares both domestically and internationally, notably acrylonitrile, ethanol, ABS, styrene, styrene‑butadiene rubber, and ethylene oxide.

3 Resident Enterprises

The park is home to more than 40 large enterprises and corporate groups, including China National Petroleum Corporation Jilin Petrochemical Company. In April 2012, taking the 300,000‑ton propylene oxide industrial chain project as a breakthrough, the park successfully attracted Fortune Global 500 companies such as Germany’s Degussa and Linde, fostering collaborations between these international chemical giants and top domestic firms like CNPC Jilin Petrochemical and Jilin Shenhua. This marked the first instance of introducing an entire internationalized industrial chain in a single initiative. In 2014, the park launched a total of 85 projects, including CNPC Jilin Petrochemical’s diesel quality upgrade, Tongtai Yiwang’s citywide e‑commerce platform, Juyuan Chemical’s 400,000‑ton polyether facility, Dadi Chemical’s comprehensive utilization of sulfur‑containing waste liquids, a carbon fiber industrial park, and Dongfeng Chemical’s thermoplastic composite materials based on glass fiber mats, with a combined investment of RMB 19.53 billion.

20. Jining New Materials Industrial Park

1 Park Overview

Jining New Materials Industrial Park was established in May 2009, with a planned area of 60 square kilometers and an initial phase covering 31 square kilometers. It is a specialized provincial-level development zone dedicated to fostering the high-end new materials industry in Shandong Province.

Located at the intersection of Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, and Anhui provinces, the industrial park serves as a vital transportation hub connecting east and west, and linking north and south. High-speed rail, conventional railways, expressways, an airport, and the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal together form a comprehensive, multi-dimensional transport network. Jining is one of China’s seven major chemical industry bases; it boasts coal reserves of 26 billion tons, with an annual raw coal output of 90 million tons, rare-earth ore reserves of 12.75 million tons, and water resources totaling 5.5 billion cubic meters. The city’s installed power capacity stands at 10 million kilowatts, and it ranks first in Shandong Province in the production of key chemical feedstocks such as coke, methanol, and coal tar. Around the park, five national-level industrial clusters have been established, focusing on mechanical manufacturing, biotechnology, new textile materials, special-purpose vehicles, and optoelectronics. The city is home to more than ten chemical research institutes and over thirty colleges and vocational schools, providing the park with cutting-edge R&D capabilities and a strong pool of highly skilled technical professionals. The park has signed strategic cooperation agreements with prestigious research institutions and universities, including Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has appointed over 190 renowned domestic and international experts and scholars as advisors. To date, the park has two academicians, four talents under the National Thousand Talents Program, and more than 150 doctoral degree holders, all contributing to guiding the park’s development and shaping its strategic vision.

Since its establishment, the park has been developed and constructed around the “five‑in‑one” integrated development philosophy, aiming to become a demonstration zone for high‑end materials, world‑class standards, a hundred‑billion‑yuan industry, and an eco‑circular economy. Adhering to a high‑level positioning and a high‑starting‑point plan, the park has fostered four major industrial clusters—coal chemical engineering, fine chemicals, new chemical materials, and biochemical engineering—and is prioritizing the construction of specialized parks for coal‑based new materials, graphene‑based new materials, bio‑based new materials, and high‑end fine chemicals. To date, following a three‑tier expert review process, 36 projects have been approved for entry, with total investments exceeding RMB 40 billion. Among them are Shandong Kaisheng Bio, the world’s largest producer of bio‑based polyamides with independent intellectual property rights; Heimao Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading and the world’s third‑largest carbon black manufacturer; Jinlite, one of China’s top three companies in graphene research and production; Danhua Group, a benchmark enterprise in coal‑to‑ethylene glycol technology; China’s only project based on caprolactone monomer developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences; and the Veolia Waste‑to‑Energy Center, a Fortune Global 500 company, all of which have taken root in the park.

High-tech enterprises such as Baosteel Gases, Jining Minsheng, Kelan Kemet, Sunshine Chemical, Minsheng Thermal Energy, Yisheng Industrial, Jianbang Chemical, and Silike New Materials are enjoying robust growth. High‑tech projects—including Tsinghua University’s pilot‑scale testing base, Woteng Chemical, Wu Jing Chemical, Tongli Chemical, and Nantian Chemical—are advancing rapidly. Major high‑end initiatives—such as the polyester‑amide project, the ethylene glycol project, the China–Russia New Materials Industrial Park, and electronic chemicals—totaling over RMB 26 billion in investment, are poised to break ground. Products from companies within the park are now exported to more than 100 countries and regions worldwide, and the park has established strong collaborative relationships with global chemical giants including BASF, Bayer, Dow, and DuPont.

2 Leading Industries

Leveraging its integrated advantages, the park is committed to resource development, energy conversion, and comprehensive utilization, actively fostering leading chemical enterprises and corporate groups that are competitive both domestically and internationally. It prioritizes the development of four major industrial clusters—coal‑based chemicals, fine chemicals, biochemicals, and new chemical materials—gradually establishing a new chemical‑industry zone centered on coal‑based polygeneration, a high‑tech industry cluster, and a modern, innovation‑driven green ecological demonstration area.

3 Resident Enterprises

To date, the park has attracted 3 Fortune Global 500 companies, 2 central state-owned enterprises, 7 listed companies, and 15 high-tech firms. Enterprises with proprietary intellectual property rights account for as much as 80%, and a modern new‑materials industrial city has risen from the ground.

Source: MOLBASE Mobei

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