ISSUE 74November

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ChemChina Oil & Gas CoQingping Phosphate Mine Resumes Production after the DisasterXinhuo Plant and Guilin Rubber Machinery Get National Quality Recognition

SOE Asset Management Company Club －ChemChina Asset Co as a Main SponsorShenyang Chemicals CPP Model in Chinese Industry MuseumChemChina Journalism Training Seminar

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Northwest Institute Speaking Contest Has a Special ThemeBluestar Machinery’s Mid-Autumn Festival gala

HDCWTT Gets Young Singles Involved in Social Fellowship

Foreign Employees Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival

Where There’s Love, There’s a HomeCross-stitch EmbroideryHaohua Yuhang Makes Book Donation

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Lanzhou Bluestar’s Methanol Fuel Production Plant CommissionedBluestar Lehigh’s Qinghai Salt Lake Project UnderwaySRDICI Becomes Pilot for National Patent Program

Makhteshim Agan Develops New Bio-control Agent with Partner OrganizationTianhua Institute Lignite Pre-drying Power Generation Technology Gets ApprovalHaohua Yuhang Waste Mercury Removal Technology Deals with Pollution Challenges

Aeolus Trye Joins China's First Off-road RallyXinji Chemical Employee Makes Bone Marrow Donation

Liming Research Institute Employee Nominated Most Beautiful Young Worker

CNCIC’s Agrochemical Registration Test Base Past the Initial PhaseAnpon Electrochemical's N-butyl Isocyanate Plant Goes into OperationChemChina Petrochemical (Daqing) C4 Separation Plant Commissioned

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November 2013 1

The ChemCh ina O i l & Gas Co, Ltd was founded, on Sept 11, as an important

move by the Oil & Gas Corp to accelerate its restructuring change the development model, and do a strategic upgrade. There was an inaugural meeting to review the new company’s incorporation report and vote on a draft of bylaws and the proposed first board of directors and first board of supervisors, followed by the inaugural meeting of board of directors and board of supervisors. The new company got its license from the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, on Sept 16, making it ChemChina’s third SBU, after Bluestar and Haohua, to complete a business restructuring and bring in strategic partners.

ChemChina began the restructuring a n d i n v e s t m e n t p r o j e c t ( t h e “Tianhong Project”) at the new company, in August 2012, and got the restructuring approved by the State-owned Assets Supervision a n d A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’s Re f o r m Bureau, on Dec 10, 2012. After several commercial negotiations, three investors were accepted, bringing in 3 billion yuan ($492.6 million).

The successful restructuring and investment in the new company helped improve its financial structure and reduce its liabilities, contributing to the establishment of a modern e n t e r p r i s e s y s t e m , i m p r o v e d corporate governance, and the core competitiveness of ChemChina’s oil and gas business. ■

ChemChina Oil & Gas Co Xinhuo Plant and Guilin Rubber Machinery Get

National Quality Recognition

Th e X i n h u o P l a n t ’ s e l e c t r i f i c a t i o n a n d instrumentation dep’s

electrical engineering team were cited recently by the All China Federation of Trade Unions, All China Women’s Federation, China Association for Quality, and China Science and Technology Association for their excellence in quality con t ro l and t r u s two r thy teamwork. Meanwhile, Guilin Rubber Machinery’s Happy Q C Te a m w a s n a m e d a n outstanding quality control team.

The Xinhuo Plant has done its best to create trustworthy, e x c e l l e n t Q C t e a m s f o r improving quality. And its electrical engineering team has committed to doing things safely and being excellent, to promoting work safety, multiple skills, work quality, and a famous team. It has set up several improvement teams, since 2009, in the following: water-supply per ton-of-power-consumption reduction, boiler electrostatic-precipitat ion-fai lure-rate reduction, and boiler electric-brake-failure-rate reduction, which have solved a number of problems in production and operations and have added 600,000 yuan ($98, 517) in revenues per year. ■

Du Yanqing, Li Li, Guo Qiling

Qingping Phosphate Mine Resumes Production after the Disaster

Yang Hong, Liu Wenwen

Liu Guoguang, Meng Ming

After more than three months of hard work, the Qingping Pho spha te M i ne r e s umed

production at 9:20 am, Oct 6, in a successful response to a catastrophic landslide, on July 9. Immediately after the landslide, the company held many meetings on how to get production restarted and set up a task force for fixing a damaged access road to the mine in the shortest time possible. At the same time, technicians at the production department worked hard at the front line, judging the size of the landslide and planning reconstruction. The disaster also caused serious damage to the power

system and hydraulic system, so, the company immediately found the people to repair a water pipeline and power transmission lines to support reconstruction. During this time, all employees and managers committed fully to the reconstruction, worked 7:00 am to 7:00 pm and, making every effort to resume production as soon as possible.

Company leaders, looking at the scale of the disaster, vowed to meet annual business goals, with employee compensation unchanged, thereby motivating employees in their work and speeding up post-disaster reconstruction. ■

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SOE Asset Management Company Club

— ChemChina Asset Co as a Main Sponsor

The Beijing Equity Exchange established an SOE Assets Management Co Club, on Sept 9, to increase

communications and cooperation between major SOEs in managing assets for a winning solution, with 42 SOEs as its first members. The club has an executive council and standing executive council with a president and two vice-presidents and a secretariat at the Beijing Equity Exchange.

The ChemChina Assets Management Co has itself seen by industry insiders as a unique market-driven model, professional in its equity transactions, and efficient in its transactions and services, making it a top assets management tool for major SOEs in both transactions and listings. At the club inaugural meeting, ChemChina Asset Management Co was made an executive president, and its Vice President, Zhang Hao, was made executive V-P, by unanimous agreement of the participants. ■

ChemChina Journalism Training Seminar

ChemChina began its journalism training seminar, on Oct 10,

at Renmin University’s School of Journalism and Communication, w i th 91 co r re sponden t s f r om across ChemChina taking part. The 21-day session covers journalistic groundwork and outreach in three phases : the f i r s t i s meant to improve their journalistic practices and know ledge , w i th a f ocu s on news writing, interviewing, editing, photography, data and the new media; the second i s meant to broaden their horizon in strategies, management, branding, and marketing; the third is at the core of the training meant to communicate cutting-edge, real-life concepts and such hot topics as corporate image building, brand communication, and public opinion crisis responses, and is lectured by government personnel with experience in crisis management. The evening of Oct 9, ChemChina’s

Shenyang Chemicals CPP Model in Chinese Industry Museum

The Museum of Chinese Industry, in the city of Shenyang, Liaoning province, started its second phase project, on

Aug 29, with the Shenyang Chemicals booth representing the chemical industry, to show the world’s first catalytic pyrolysis process (CPP) ethylene plant. The museum in the city’s Tiexi district is China’s industrial museum. The first phase of work was completed in May 2012 to help people understand China’s industrial history. The Museum uses audiovisual and physical materials to show how the district grew from practically nothing into something, from its birth bangs to the revitalization of an old industrial base. Shenyang Chemicals used its booth to display its corporate image and help the public understand the company and the chemical industry, with Shenyang Paraffin Chemical, its operations arm, shown as a model of modernization and technological sophistication. Shenyang Paraffin Chemical’s CPP, PE and MIBE plants could be seen in miniaturized models in the exhibition area, a symbol of Shenyang Chemical, with a model of the world’s first 500,000-t/a CPP plant, so more people could come face-to-face with the mysterious plant. ■

Zhao Xiangyang

Luo Xiaoyun

bus iness p lanning off ice got a l l trainees involved in a team-building session as a sort of icebreaker and

teamwork display along with other activities to bring the trainees together. ■

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Aeolus Trye Joins China's First Off-road Rally

Aeolus Tyre had a ceremony, in Jiaozuo, on Sept 13 to mark the

beginning of the first CGR China off-road rally, with Aeolus Tyre being the only officially designated tire producer to join a world Class motor rally with a Chinese tire. The company announced its strategic product, an all-purpose off-road SUV tire to mark the commencement of the next phase of its passenger vehicle tire strategy. Its presence in China’s first off-road rally is another move by the company to join the international brands club, after having become the world’s first tire company of 100-percent green manufacturing of radial tires. The CGR China Off-Road Rally is China’s first solely Chinese motor rally and a top global event created by China Central Television in cooperation with the State Sports Administration. Aeolus Tyre is the officially designated

tire sponsor, starting from Beijing and rolling across rivers, valleys, hills, and deserts to the finish line in Dunhuang, Gansu province, in a display of its superior quality and performance against daunting challenges. The company’s CTO says that Aeolus Tyre has major advan tage s : s upe r i o r f r i c t i on resistance, fuel efficiency, low rolling resistance, superior braking, and good tire-blowout resistance, which have allowed Aeolus to beat a number of competitors. In addition to the all-purpose off-road SUV tire and CGR sponsorship, Aeolus Tyre has reached a new next level in product-line expansion and brand-upgrading. Its ambition now is to develop green tires and a Chinese brand that changes China’s tire industry completely and moves the car-oriented lifestyle forward. ■

A talent-scout program, sponsored by the CYL’s Central Committee,

recently chose a young Liming Research Institute employee, Guo Dandan, as the recipient of the most beautiful young worker title. Guo, who is a quality inspector, took part in setting up analysis and test methods for key national technology projects many times, demonstrating professional excellence. The CYL committee originally set up its talent program to recognize outstanding young workers across the country, with a theme of “Job skills promote industrial prosperity and young workers contribute to the Chinese dream”. ■

Photo by Jiang Ning.

Liming Research Institute Employee Nominated Most Beautiful Young Worker

Ca o X i a o z h e , a f e m a l e employee of Xinji Chemicals,

joined the China Marrow Donor Program and provided stem cell at the Shijiazhuang Beethoven International Peace Hospital, in Shanghai, on Sept 17, to save the life of a 2-year-old female leukemia sufferer. Cao, who weighs a mere 45 kg, is now the lightest bone marrow donor in Hebei province. ■

Photo by Liu Liangying.

Xinji Chemical Employee Makes Bone

Marrow Donation

Xu Li

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November 2013 4

CNCIC’s Agrochemical Registration Test Base Past the Initial Phase

Dong Shuping, Yu Chunying

The China Nat ional Chemical Information Center has worked

hard to bu i l d an ana l y s i s and testing base for ChemChina, since 2008, by integrating and making best use of existing resources of the Guizhou Analysis and Testing Institute. The test base has licenses for many areas , inc lud ing one from the Environmental Protection Ministry for ecological toxicity experimentation on new chemical substances, in 2010 and one from the Agriculture Ministry for 5-batch all-component analyses. The test base began work on an OECD- Good-

Laboratory-Practice (GLP) lab, in 2010, which has been operating for more than a year. The test base can perform a range of agrochemical studies, including the 5-batch all-component analysis of agrochemicals, the physical and chemical properties of active ingredients, technical m a t e r i a l s a n d p r e p a r a t i o n s , s t a b i l i t y t e s t u n d e r n o r m a l -temperature storage conditions, a g r o c h e m i c a l e n v i r o n m e n t a l behavior, environmental toxicity tests, agrochemical toxicity tests, and agrochemical residue detection. And, since ChemChina acquired

Makhteshim Agan, the Center has been providing test data for it in support of new chemical substance declarations, and providing GLP test reports for the agrochemical business unit of the Israel-based company, for global registration. There is localized cost control, international service commitments, internationally recognized GLP reports, trusted technical support, and a professional team familiar with agrochemical regulations, so the test base can help companies cut agrochemical registration costs significantly and shorten the registration cycle. ■

ChemChina Petrochemical (Daqing)’s 500,000-t/a C4 separation plant had its commissioning, on Oct 4, after the first trial run of

conforming n-butene products. This is China’s largest plant of its kind ever and uses existing utilities and abundant C4 resources of Daqing and the surrounding area to produce high-value-added chemical products. It has changed the situation of raw materials being limited to crude oil and fuel oil, and has created a dual pathway for both oil and gas to change regional resources into a new growth point while ensuring sufficient supplies for other company projects. It set up a commissioning task force, on Aug 26, to prepare a contingency plan for any possible problems in the commissioning process and increase personnel training. The plant established a solvent cycle, on Sept 27, brought in C4 feed, and completed the production process on Oct 1, slowly increasing the temperature and discharge of nitrogen and adjusting operations before producing n-butene product with 97-percent purity (design purity≥95%), the afternoon of Oct 4, completely without the discharge of waste materials, all in a safe, environmentally friendly manner. The company is now in the optimization process to increase n-butene yield. This project extended the company’s value chain and is strategically important for the company’s long-term development. ■

Lu Zengbo Sun Hanyun

Anpon Electrochemical's N-butyl Isocyanate Plant

Goes into Operation

Anpon Electrochemical Co’s 4,000-t/a N-butyl isocyanate plant went into operation

recently, with products meeting all the necessary requirements. N-butyl isocyanate is the company’s traditional product based on a 400-t/a N-butyl isocyanate plant built as early as the 1990s, and it has continued to expand production to meet the growing market demand, making it one of the world’s major N-butyl isocyanate producers with good reputation in both domestic and overseas markets. Construction work on this plant began in 2012 and was completed a little over a year later. This project uses an advanced phosgenation approach with improvements of the earlier technology in process, equipment, automation, and safety to ensure consistency, reliability, and product quality. Now that it is completed, there is a solid base from which to make products more competitive and increase market share. ■

ChemChina Petrochemical (Daqing) C4 Separation Plant Commissioned

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Lanzhou Bluestar’s Methanol Fuel Production Plant Commissioned

SRDICI Becomes Pilot for National Patent Program

Am e t h a n o l f u e l p r o d u c t i o n plant that Lanzhou Bluestar’s

chemical business unit designed was declared complete mechanically, and commissioned after its first trial on Sept 6, producing high-quality methanol fuel that meets national standards. Lanzhou Bluestar has been looking for new approaches to technical renovation all this year

and has developed a downstream methanol value chain through this project. In Apri l , the chemical business unit established a project division for project implementation, following the chemical business unit’s guidelines, for example in hiring sales personnel and training employees, hiring and training operators, and installing equipment, all at the same

time. On Sept 10, the first truckload of methanol fuel was delivered to a customer, opening the market for methanol fuel products further. The next step is to make optimal use of the process, tap into the market further, and look into customer services to make methanol fuel products popular in a wider customer base. ■

When China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) published

its f irst l ist of pi lot companies that are part of a national patent program, on Aug 30, the Chemical Industry’s Southwest Research & Design Institute(SRDICI) was on it. This national patent program is an important part of a national patent demonstration program designed to motivate companies to get involved in the navigation business patent,

accelerate the development of new technology, products, and processes, encourage relevant companies to grow, and to integrate patented technology and patented business model innovations. The institute’s patent applications have increased steadily in recent years. It has filed 237 applications, 202 of them for inventions, with 135 approved, 102 of them for inventions. By managing its applications better, the institute

hopes to commercialize its patents and provide solid technical support for continued growth. SIPO began the patent navigation demonstration program in early 2013 to implement an innovation-driven development and IP strategy and improve innovation in industry operations through better use of the patent system, with 35 companies designated as the first pilots, under the national patent program, for a 5–year period. ■

Bluestar Lehigh’s Qinghai Salt Lake Project UnderwayShi Rong

Liu Zhongping

Wang Dajun, Yao Lu

A sewerage treatment project that Bluestar Leigh has undertaken,

as part of a larger Qinghai Salt Lake magnesium integration project, is doing well treating industrial and domestic wastewater from all plants covered by the larger project. The first phase of the project started on June 27, and, given the tight

construction time, is scheduled for completion of some works by the end of October, with equipment procurement and other activities wel l underway. This project i s i m p o r t a n t f o r e n v i r o n m e n t a l protection in the area and, as the general contractor Bluestar Lehigh had to prepare meticulously and set

up a competent project management team to develop a construction plan to ensure complete implementation of the project. Success in this project will take Bluestar Lehigh to the next level of performance, design, and construction in coking wastewater and chemical wastewater treatment. ■

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Makhteshim Agan Develops New Bio-control Agent with Partner Organization

Yang Tian, Xu Linfang

Yan Jianting

Shua Xuxiang, Jiao Gaocheng

Ma k h t e s h i m A g a n s i g n e d a cooperative R&D agreement with

the Yissum R&D Co, an arm of Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Technology Commercialization Dep, to develop new nontoxic, environmental ly friendly, bio-control technology. This new type of bio-control agent was invented by Dr. Maggie Levy, from the school’s Phytopathology and Microorganism Dep’t, based on natural yeast, pseudozyma, extracted from strawberry leaves. Levy and her research team found that the yeast can inhibit growth of certain funguses and bacteria pathogens, which improves a plant’s resistance to infection and helps it grow better.

I n c o m m e n t i n g o n t h e development, Yissum’s CEO, Yaacov Michlin, said, “We’re very pleased to be able to work with Makhteshim Agan , wh i ch ha s l ong been a partner of Yissum in innovation of environmentally friendly plant protection products and methods.

The new bio-control agent has proven safe and nontoxic and effective for multiple plant pathogens. Its commercialization will reduce the amount of agrochemicals used in agriculture and bless the farmers, consumers and the environment.”

Sami Shabtai, Makhteshim Agan’s R&D Dep’t manager, added, “Given the global challenges of rapidly growing populations and shrinking agricultural resources, the need for sustainable solutions is stronger than ever before. We’re proud to be able to participate in research and development of sustainable solutions and look forward to working with Yissum to continue launching new, innovative products and distributing them around the world.”

Pseudozyma can inhibit many varieties of fungus and bacteria pathogens and it can prevent and cure Clavibactermichiganensis, a pathogen that causes bacterial cankers on tomatoes. ■

Tianhua Institute Lignite Pre-drying Power Generation Technology Gets Approval

Haohua Yuhang Waste Mercury

Removal Technology Deals

with Pollution Challenges

CRC lignite pre-drying power-genera t i on techno logy tha t

the Tianhua Institute developed, in cooperation with the Northeast Electric Power Design Institute and CRC Power Holdings Co, got the go-ahead from a panel of experts, on Sep 6, 2013. This incorporates integrated, innovative technology involving a lignite-specific steam-pipe return-drum-dryer unit that Tianhua developed, with embedded water-and-power-saving generation for power plants. It has a nitrogen-circulated closed-loop dry-system scrubbing and cooling tower, steam air heating process for coal saving, and radiator-heat-balance technology, with remarkable water saving and

waste reduction potential. This technology can cut coal consumption of a lignite-fueled power generating unit to less than 300 g/kWh, as well as water consumption, during the heating season. If used in new lignite-fired power plants, its water recovery from coal dry ing can meet the process water needs and eliminate the need for external water supply, and has the possibility of supplying excess water to the outside. The institute’s coal-drying and water-reclamation technology has become its most competitive product and has earned it six invention patents, 12 utility model patents. The institute has filed four international patent applications. ■

A waste hydroch lor ic -ac id -based mercury removal plant

that Haohua Yuhang designed for industrial applications has been in full use since it was commissioned, this past June 30. The plant can process 10,000 tons of mercury-containing hydrochloric acid, which is a side product of vinyl chloride synthesis. The mercury content after treatment drops from 26-mg/liter to below 0.1 mg, meeting national quality standards for hydrochloric acid products used in industrial applications. In producing vinyl chloride, using calc ium carbide-based PVC, activated carbon is used as the carrier and absorbent mercury chloride as the catalyst. This enables the gas-phase addition reaction, between acetylene and excessive hydrogen chloride, in a catalytic converter to produce coarse vinyl chloride, which contains excessive amounts of hydrogen chloride and mercury chloride. Most of the mercury is removed with a mercury remover, w h i l e m e r c u r y - c o n t a i n i n g hydrochloric acid is produced through a foam column, water scrubber, and other acid-removal systems. The company began studying how to remove mercury from waste hydrochloric acid, in April 2010, to market its mercury-containing waste hydrochloric acid and secondary contamination. In 2011, it signed a contract with the city of Jiaozuo’s science and technology bureau to do further research and experiments, and look for industrial applications. ■

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Northwest Institute Speaking Contest Has a Special Theme

Bluestar Machinery’s Mid-Autumn Festival gala

Foreign Employees Celebrate Mid-Autumn

FestivalHDCWTT Gets Young Singles Involved in

Social Fellowship

The Northwest Institute’s trade union held a speaking contest in

the employee training room, on Sept 17, with the theme “Chinese dream, workers’ beauty”, with more than 70 workers and judges from within the organization listening to inspiring speeches delivered by 15 contestants. The contest was designed to give

employees an opportunity to voice the i r ideas and feel ings about personal and professional growth, demonstrate their professionalism and sense of devotion, describe the beauty of hard work, and explain ways to bring their dreams and the dreams of the organization together, to bring the country passion and creativity.

It is only when personal goals are aligned with national prosperity and business growth through commitment to professionalism and innovation that each member of the ChemChina family can realize his or her own ambitions, as well as corporate objectives, to realize the Chinese dream. ■

Bluestar Machinery’s CYL held a Mid-Autumn Festival gala on the evening

of Sept 17, with the theme “Being Together” to give young employees a chance to get together to celebrate. Everyone was a recent college grad who joined the company just this year, and they spent their first Mid-Autumn Festival with the company eating moon cakes, singing, and dancing in a festive atmosphere. The photo shows them dancing to a medley of their own. ■

Photo by Tang Anshu, Chen Taohua.

Nanjing Adisseo gave a box of moon cakes to each of its 50 foreign

employees, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, to give them a feel of traditional Chinese culture and a festive atmosphere with Chinese colleagues. The gift was a token of gratitude to the foreign employees for joining the company, and a sign of hope that they have a good time working in China. ■

Photo by Zhou Jun.

Hangzhou Development Center for Water Treatment Technology

got its young single employees to take part in a social gathering sponsored by the Zhejiang Scientific Research Institute Association, with the theme “Beauty and Encounter” to increase communication between young singles and help them make

more friends. There were 120 young employees from over 20 research institutes taking part, giving them a chance to learn more about each other through games. The event also helped improve connections b e t w e e n t h e p a r t i c i p a t i n g institutes. ■

Photo by Yu Tao

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Yang Hong

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Where There’s Love, There’s a Home

Haohua Yuhang Makes Book

Donation

Cross-stitch Embroidery

The first time my daughter wrote a composition was when my wife

recorded what she told her at the age of three. At that time, I was on a business trip and every day my daughter told her mom that she missed me. So, my wife began teaching her how to write a composition. What does a 3-year-old write about? With encouragement from her mom, she wrote the following:

“My dad is average size, but not in my eyes. My dad is handsome, with a mole at the corner of one of his eyes. My dad has white teeth but seldom smiles, but my mom and I love seeing

him smile. My dad is a good cook and often buys my mom flowers. My dad is the best dad. I love my dad.”

After I returned from the business t r i p , my w i fe showed me th i s composition. At that very moment, I understood that where there is love, there is a home.

After several years of marriage, my family grew along with the company and my salary has risen, as has my family life. Love stories nourish my family and me and remind me of my l ifelong commitment, no matter what difficulties and hardships lie ahead. ■

Ha o h u a Yu h a n g s e t u p a cultural and recreational

activity center in the employee dorms, this September, to enrich the culture and daily life on the factory campus. The center has a webcam room, a library, a ping-pong room, a billiards room and a poker room. The photo shows employees moving books into the center. ■

Photo by Shua Xuxiang and Wang Xiangyang.

A g i a n t w o r k o f c r o s s - s t i t c h embroidery and a year and a half

of spare time finally turned a hobby into a dream-come-true. Not long ago, Zhao Ying, a Tianjin Petrochemical f inance department employee, completed the largest piece of cross-stitch embroidery in her lifetime, with the title “Riverside scene at the Tomb-sweeping Festival”. Standing in front of the work and touching it gently, she seems to have something to say, but can’t find the words. Zhao Ying is dedicated to cross-stitch embroidery, and the joy of completing this project is, to her, like reaching the summit of Everest. There is a popular classic Chinese painting, of the same name as her embroidery, and known for its characters. This embroidery is a reproduction of the original, and involved a level of difficulty harder

than one can imagine. It is 2.1-meters wide and 1-meter high and required thread of more than 50 colors, which gives an indication of the degree of difficulty. Cross-stitch embroidery is in fact Zhao’s obsession and she has dozens of works of various sizes. She resolved to undertake this ambitious project, in 2011 and began work in September, spending three or four hours every night stitching until, after more than a year of painstaking effort, she had the completed item, and, in her own sincere words, “I love cross-stitch embroidery, but this is the first time for me to complete such a huge work. Someone tried to persuade me to sell it for a certain price, but I’ll never do that. I’ll frame it and hang it up in my home and treasure it for the rest of my life.” ■Mao Xueqiang, Tianjin Petrochemical.

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Sun Tao, Shenyang Chemicals