October 2008

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Corporate Brochure

Cultural Exchange

BlueStar Celebrates 24th Anniversary, Aims for New HeightsSRDICI: 50 Years of InnovationCRICC: 30-year Efforts Pay OffTianhua Institute: Half Century of Pioneering Builds Brilliance

First Chemical Industry Museum Opened in China

Technology & Project

ChemChina Receives Israeli Ambassador Amos NadaiCNCIC and FCCEP Enter in to S t ra teg ic Cooperation Agreement2nd International Advanced Materials (Tianjin) Summit to be held in Tianjin

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ERP Project Kicks off at Shenyang ChemicalProgress Made for ERP Project at Harbin PetrochemicalWuxi Resin Factory Signs Contract to Buy Pollutant Discharge Rights

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Mining Operation of Qingping Phosphate Mine ResumedPost-disaster Reconstruction of Sichuan BlueStar Machinery Set in DeyangXiangdong Chemical Machinery Commissions 102J Raw Gas CompressorAmino Silicone Project of Xinghuo Plant Completed and Begins Commissioning

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Breakthrough Made in Acrylic Acid Sewage Treatment TechnologySRDICI Makes Breakthrough in Making Hydrogen from Coalbed Gas by Autothermic ConversionZhonghao Chenguang Develops Environment-friendly Fluorous Rubber Goods

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ChemChina Ranked 19th among Global Chemical PlayersChemChina Ranked 28th among China's Top 500 EnterprisesDaniël Scheltinga Appointed CEO of ChemChina Finance Co., Ltd.

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ChemChina Ranked 19th among Global

Chemical Players

ICIS Chemical Business , a prominent chemical industry information provider, published the latest ranking of the top

100 global chemical firms based on 2007 sales performance. China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) took 19th place among the top 20 chemical makers. BASF topped the list with 2007 sales revenues worth US$85,353 million, followed by Dow Chemical, whose sales reached US$53,513 million. ExxonMobil, with sales of US$53,417 million, was placed third. ChemChina was ranked 19th for its sales income of US$17,400 million.

Daniël Scheltinga Appointed CEO of ChemChina

Finance Co., Ltd.Cao Xia

ChemChina Finance Co., Ltd. (CFC), a company that is still on the drawing

board, has received its first CEO, Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga. Thus, CFC has become the first financial company among China's central enterprises and large-scale SOEs (state-owned enterprises) to appoint a foreign CEO. On September 17th, ChemChina President Ren Jianxin hosted the ceremony for Mr. Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga to assume his position. VP of ChemChina, Du Guosheng, and directors of ChemChina's functional departments and subsidiary companies attended the meeting. Mr. Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga was born in Netherlands. With a background combining finance, banking and law, he is extremely professional in the operation of finance, commercial banking and investment banking businesses. In his ten years at the world-famous Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN AMRO), he and his team made numerous extraordinary achievements. After taking the post of CEO, he set clear goals for CFC's development: CFC will be committed to absorbing intellectual resources, providing financial services and implementing business strategies of the highest standard, in order to win the unvarying recognition that CFC provides first-rank financial services for funds settlement, fund raising, finance and investment bank consulting.

It was announced at the "Information Conference for Chinese Large Enterprise Groups and Large Industrial Enterprises in 2008" held

at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 27th, that ChemChina now ranks 28th among the top 500 Chinese enterprises in 2008, climbing seven places compared to the ranking published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last year. Meanwhile, ChemChina was once again listed among the annual top 100 leading enterprise groups. The information release of comprehensive strength of Chinese large enterprise groups is the latest data acquired by the NBS through "cross-industry, all-directional and multi-index" investigation into the actualities of the nominated enterprise groups by drawing upon internationally advanced statistical methods. This conference for large Chinese enterprise groups, which has been held for eight consecutive years, sorts target enterprise groups on the basis of official authoritative data and according to comprehensive assessment indexes like business income and total assets, and provides the latest information about the reform and development of large Chinese enterprises for all audiences at home and abroad every year, to showcase the greatest and strongest of China's large enterprise groups. The top 500 competitive Chinese enterprise groups were still picked according to the assessment system made up of 24 basic indexes for competitiveness of enterprise groups. ChemChina retained its title of No.1 in the category of "manufacturing of chemical raw materials and chemical products."

ChemChina Ranked 28th among China's

Top 500 EnterprisesLi Bingmei

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ChemChina

On September 9th, ChemChina President Ren Jianxin received Israeli Ambassador Amos Nadai, and guests from Israeli Articom Corp. Ren

expressed his appreciation to the Israeli people for their concern and aid extended to the Chinese people and the quake-hit firms of ChemChina after the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake. Then, he briefed the guests on ChemChina's achievements and business growth in recent years. Mr. Nadai pointed out that since innovation is adopted by both Israeli chemical firms and ChemChina as an engine to help boost growth, there is huge potential for cooperation. They also held in-depth discussions on issues of common concern. (Photo by Chuai Liang)

Receives Israeli Ambassador Amos Nadai

CNCIC and FCCEP Enter into Strategic Cooperation AgreementDong Shuping, Wang Wu

On September 19th, the Foreign Cooperation Center for Environmental Protection (FCCEP) of the Ministry

of Environmental Protection and China National Chemical Information Center (CNCIC) jointly held the ceremony for signing a "strategic cooperation agreement" in Beijing. The FCCEP, which administers funds of international financial organizations, foreign economic cooperation, performance project funds, bilateral aid funds and other matters concerning foreign economic cooperation, boasts a tremendous advantage in acquisition of international leading technologies and management experience in energy conservation and emission reduction. CNCIC, a national center for chemical information collection, information

International Advanced Materials (Tianjin) Summit to be held in Tianjin

Chuai Liang

The 2nd International Advanced Materials (Tianjin) Summit, which is to be held at the New Coastal Area, Tianjin from

October 30th to November 1st, is co-sponsored by the Tianjin Government, ChemChina, DECHEMA and Morgan Stanley, and jointly organized by CNCIC and the Management Committee of the New Coastal Area, Tianjin. Held under the theme "Opportunity and Responsibility," the summit is expected to explore development outlooks and the latest scientific and technological trends for the industry. Attendees will discuss opportunities for the advanced material industry, and the social responsibility that enterprises must assume. Meanwhile, three specially established technical seminars - "Composites and Aerospace," "Chemical Materials and Lighter-weight Automobiles" and "Membrane Materials and Water Resource Environment" will bring together customers, producers and frontline workers of scientific research academies and institutes for deeper discussions about the hottest fields in the advanced materials industry.

On September 11th, ChemChina President Ren Jianxin headed to BlueStar (Nanjing) New Chemical Materials Co., Ltd. for inspection of the 1,4-butanediol / tetrahydrofuran project under construction, which was scheduled to be delivered on October 18th and expected to be completed and put into production before the end of the year. Ren stipulated that the project be delivered quickly with great attention to quality. Then he visited the employees from the quake-hit Qingping Linkuang, who were working temporarily in the company, and extended his warm regards to them on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

research, information service and computer application technology development, has great advantages in acquisition and release of chemical information about the country. According to the agreement, the two parties will, under the principles of long stability, equality and mutual benefit, comprehensive collaboration and common development, carry out long-term, stable and in-depth cooperation in energy conservation, emission reduction and environmental protection in the chemical industry by drawing upon each other's strengths, and will help in a balanced way to save energy and reduce emissions for domestic enterprises and to create new ideas for China to protect the environment.

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ERP Project Kicks off at Shenyang ChemicalHan Jingchao

September 19th witnessed the official kick-off of the ERP

Project at Shenyang Chemical Industry Group, a subsidiary of BlueStar Group under the logo of ChemChina. Participants in the kick-off meeting included President of ChemChina Ren J ianxin, CIO of ChemChina Ross MacAllister, Atos Origin Asian Partner Mark Gotson, CFO of BlueStar Huang Meiyan, Vice President of BlueStar and General Manager of Shenyang Chemical Industry Group, Wang Dazhuang. The Chief Executive o f A t o s O r i g i n C h i n a V I P Clients introduced the plan for implementing the ERP project in Shenyang Chemical, and Ross MacAllister announced the overall strategy of ChemChina's IT construction. Ever since the project was introduced into Shenyang Chemical Industry Group, the company has done a great deal to prepare itself for the official start-up of the project. The company

took necessary organizational adjustment to facilitate the progress of the ERP project, which integrates the supply and sales, finance, planning and storage departments, separately run by Shenyang Chemical Co., Ltd., Shenyang Paraffin Chemical Co., Ltd. and Acrylic Acid Division into one management system to be operated by the holding company. "In global competition, we now lag behind many companies which have fully adopted modern management models aligned with global best practices. So we have

to make double efforts to catch up, and reform the enterprise management flow in accordance with the standard requirements," Ren said. "We have every confidence of making the ERP project at Shenyang Chemical Industry Group successful." After the meeting, Ren paid a visit to the company's construction site of a 500,000 t/a CPP project.

Progress Made for ERP Project at Harbin Petrochemical

Jiang Yu

New progress has been made for ChemChina's first SAP-ERP project, which is at BlueStar Harbin

Petrochemical Co., Ltd. following one and half months' intensive training that began July 25th. At this time, the confirmation of the flow model and the first collection of data are about to be started, creating a solid foundation for the formal launch next January. The project's progress so far is attributable to the sound support work of Harbin Petrochemical. To ensure the success of the project, an incentive mechanism was put in place to encourage wide participation in defining procedures and collecting data, which will serve as part of the foundation for the project. To date, eight business modules encompassing 165 specific processes have been clearly defined and almost 100% of the data collected, as is fully recognized by both Atos Origin and ChemChina.

Signs Contract to Buy Pollutant Discharge Rights

Wang Xiaoning

Wuxi Resin Factory

On August 14th, at the launch ceremony for compensated use and pilot trading of the right to discharge major water pollutants

in the Taihu Basin in Jiangsu Province, Wuxi Resin Factory signed the "contract for applying to purchase the right to discharge major water pollutants in the Taihu Basin in Jiangsu Province" as the only representative of pilot enterprises of the province.

Upholding the production principles of "low consumption, high output, less emission and reclamation" and the environmental concept of "eliminating pollution before getting eliminated," Wuxi Resin Factory has invested over RMB70 million in the special construction of many facilities for treatment of waste gas, wastewater and industrial residue in light of the discharge performance of units over the years. In recent years, it has taken the lead in Wuxi to install advanced TOC and COD online monitors and SO2 online monitors in its systems. The proprietary technologies that the firm has independently researched and developed specifically address the pollution treatment problems that have been baffling China's epoxy resin industry. It was listed among the first group of "cleaner production audit" companies in Wuxi in 2003 and honored as a model enterprise in clean production in Wuxi in 2004. It acquired the environmental management system ISO14000 certificate in 2006 and successfully passed the ISO14000 certification review in 2008.

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ining Operation of QingpingPhosphate Mine Resumed

Yang Hong, Li Yongjiang

With the basic restoration of the road between Hanwang and Qingping, Deyang Haohua Qingping Phosphate Mine Co., Ltd. made a plan for all work required to resume production after the disaster. On August 28th, under the leadership of General Manager Xiang Ping and Assistant General Manager He Nanjiang, 300 employees marched onto the mountain for early preparation. As all houses in the mountain had been ruined by the earthquake, the 300 employees put up tents on the debris upon arrival at the mine area. With their safety guaranteed, the employees conducted detailed inspection of the damage, cleared work areas, cleaned up damaged equipment and planned to add equipment to resume underground production. By September 6th, a dozen kilometers of the internal road in the mine area had been fully opened to traffic. The road between the highest work area San'genshan and Hanwang had been fully restored for resumption of mining operations.

mino Silicone Project ofXinghuo Plant Completed and

Begins CommissioningDu Yanqing

The 3,000 t/a amino silicone oil project of Jiangxi Xinghuo Organic Silicone Plant was completed and put into trial production on August 21st, and produced conforming products on August 22nd. The completion and operation of the project extended the company's industrial chain of organic silicone products, injected new vitality into corporate development, and could increase sales by RMB75 million. This project, the first of the company after employing BSI (BlueStar Silicone International) technology and characterized by polymerization of DMC and aminosilane, was technically geared to BSI last December, designed by Lehigh Engineering Corp. last April, and completed on schedule on July 30th. The success represents the fruits of sincere cooperation between Xinghuo Plant and BSI. Mr. Cloud, General Manager of BSI Shanghai division, kept working as BSI project manager with technicians of Xinghuo to solve problems arising in project construction and commissioning. During commissioning, BSI headquarters sent two technical specialists to Xinghuo for on-site guidance. To improve the skills of the operators, Xinghuo sent three groups of operators to BSI for study. Meanwhile, Xinghuo will, according to the BSI standards, build amino silicone oil workshop into a model workshop in the plant.

ost-disaster Reconstruction ofSichuan BlueStar Machinery Set

in Deyang

Tang Anshu

On September 3rd, a new project to create a production base for heavy vessels was initiated by Sichuan BlueStar Machinery Co., Ltd., which suffered serious losses in the catastrophic "May 12" earthquake. The site is in Deyang Economic & Technological Development Zone, and the ceremony for signing the investment agreement was held in Deyang. The project, with a total investment of RMB650 million and an area of 400,000m3, is to be constructed in two stages. The first stage, with an investment of RMB320 million, covers an area of 200,000m3, and will establish an annual production scale of RMB1.5 billion to 2 billion in manufacturing large equipment for chemical fertilizers, petrochemicals, natural gas chemistry, salt chemicals and coal chemicals. The maximum hoisting capacity of the plant will soar to 650 tons. The second stage will involve sea water desalination and water treatment with the aim of further expanding corporate production capacity and developing high-end markets. The completion of the whole project is expected to bring annual sales revenues of RMB3 to 4 billion, and help the company become a modern manufacturing base for large chemical equipment in western China.

iangdong Chemical MachineryCommissions 102J Raw Gas

CompressorYin Xiongjian

On August 23rd, a 102J raw gas compressor unit designed and manufactured by the steam turbine division of Hunan Xiangdong Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd. was successfully commissioned, marking a higher stage in the company's manufacture of steam turbines. The 102J raw gas compressor is a supporting piece of the 600,000 t/a synthetic ammonia unit of Erdos United Chemical Co., Ltd., which was imported, and there are currently only two or three domestic companies capable of manufacturing some of its fittings. Xiangdong undertook the task last year, spent only one year designing and manufacturing a full set of systems including steam turbine, centrifugal compressor, oil system, condensation system and control system, and achieved successful commissioning in the first attempt. Through testing, the unit was shown to fully satisfy the design and manufacturing standards for all properties and was comparable to imported products.

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Breakthrough Made in Acrylic Acid Sewage Treatment Technology

Yan Xiaoqiang, Liu Qingqing

The acrylic acid sewage treatment station, with an investment of over RMB10 million from Acrylic Acid

Branch of Zhenghe Petrochemical Group, met the relevant national standards for all its exterior discharge indexes through 72 consecutive hours of monitoring by an inspection and acceptance working group, marking a successful application of biochemical technology to acrylic acid sewage treatment, thus further enriching acrylic acid sewage treatment technology. The facility, with a daily sewage treatment capacity of 150 tons, can decrease discharged pollutants by 65,664m3 annually and decrease COD discharge by 2,626.56 tons. Using an EGSB reactor, an advanced anaerobic unit at present, the facility introduces advanced biological technology in acrylic acid sewage treatment during reinforced treatment of high-concentration organic sewage. According to estimation, treating a ton of sewage with this new process can save a cost of around RMB300 compared to the traditional process of incineration. Meanwhile, the unit is equipped with a set of 120kW methane generating units to generate 2,700kWh of power every day using the methane produced from sewage treatment, which not only satisfied the power usage of the sewage treatment station, but also saved power charge of RMB1,700 a day and an annual power charge of over RMB600,000 for the company.

Wang Yude

Zhonghao Chenguang Research Institute of Chemical Industry successfully produced 20 batches of environment-

friendly fluorous rubber goods, with their major index PFOA (perfluorooctanoate) content meeting the production requirement of environment-friendly fluorous rubber and their physical properties meeting traditional fluorous rubber requirements according to a test by the authorities. This allows a significant transformation from traditional production to environmental production of fluorous rubber. All the fluorous production units of Zhonghao Chenguang have already been transformed into environment-friendly fluorous rubber production units.

SRDICI Makes Breakthrough in Making Hydrogen from Coalbed Gas by

Autothermic ConversionXie Zhaoping

A breakthrough was made in the key technology for "hydrogen production from coalbed gas autothermic conversion," a

project under the national "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" Technology R&D Program undertaken by the Southwest Research & Design Institute of Chemical Industry (SRDICI). Methane in coalbed gas is an excellent raw material for hydrogen. A reaction of methane and water vapor caused by the heat from combustion of oxygen and methane in coalbed gas produces a mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. All impurities are eliminated to produce pure hydrogen through PSA (pressure swing adsorption). In the technical process of making hydrogen from coalbed gas, steam conversion and conversion reaction are both mature technologies, and the key is the R&D on the catalyst for autothermic conversion. In recent years, the institute has determined the catalyst formula and completed pilot development through repeated technological tests. Specialists analyzed that, industrialization of the project of hydrogen production from coalbed gas containing intermediate methane, would not only provide hydrogen users with economical hydrogen sources, but also solve the problems of environmental pollution and resource wasting caused by discharge of coalbed gas.

In road tests at large domestic mines, the g iant a l l - s tee l t i res manufactured by Haohua South China (Gui l in) Rubber Co., Ltd. have withstood severe local conditions such as high temperature, heavy rain and great day-night temperature swings. The latest data show that the giant all-steel tires have run an accumulated 5,500 kilometers and 430 hours, and all indexes of the tires

like "air pressure, tire temperature, abrasion and load deflection" have been normal. The tires are to be put into bulk production and into the market. (Photo by Song Yu)

Zhonghao ChenguangDevelops Environment-friendly

Fluorous Rubber Goods

PFOA is largely used as a dispersant for production of fluorous resin and fluorous rubber. Since the "Teflon Event" in July 2004, developed countries like the U.K. and the U.S. as well as the European Union successively worked out counter-measures and policies to restrict and cut the production and use of PFOA and relevant products, and thus formed market and technology barriers. However, the institute grasped the trend, organized scientific research elite to seek a PFOA alternative by all means and to make a great number of selection experiments, and preliminarily chose a chemical substance for dispersion polymerization. Following the experiments, it successively tackled numerous problems in technology and equipment during chemical production of scale, and eventually took the lead in achieving production success. Based on that, the institute stepped up R&D for applications, completed research on the application of the PFOA alternative to production of fluorous rubber, and successfully produced the first batch of environment - friendly fluorous rubber. It is the first of its kind in China, marking monumental progress in production technology for fluorous rubber. The first batch has been delivered to customers for use.

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BlueStar Celebrates 24th Anniversary, Aims for New Heights

September 1st marks the 24th anniversary of the founding of China National BlueStar

(Group) Corporation, a remarkable year when BlueStar commits itself to the introduction of best practices from the global chemical industry in order to scale new heights. Since its founding by Ren Jianxin more than two decades ago with a small loan of RMB10,000, the company has grown ever

SRDICI: 50 Years of InnovationXie Zhaoping

The Southwest Research & Design Institute of Chemical Industry (SRDICI) celebrated

the 50th anniversary of its founding on September 8th. Established in 1958 as a laboratory at Luzhou, Sichuan Province, SRDICI has developed into a hi-tech firm with international recognition after 50 years of growth. The institute is the sponsor of the National Research & Promotion Center for PSA (pressure swing adsorption) Separation Technology, the National Research Center for C1 Chemical Engineering Technology and the National Key Laboratory for Comprehensive

CRICC: 30-year Efforts Pay OffDong Wansen, Yang Bo

On September 1st, the Central Research Institute of China Chemical Science

and Technology (CRICC) celebrated its 30th anniversary. Established by the former Science and Technology Bureau of the Ministry of the Chemical Industry, CRICC has now become an enterprise that integrates scientific research & development, industr ia l applications, engineering consultation and

Tianhua Institute: Half Century of Pioneering Builds BrillianceYan Jianting

The 50th anniversary of the founding of Tianhua Institute of Chemical Machinery

& Automation was celebrated on October 8th. As one of the ten major scientific research academies and institutes of the former Ministry of Chemical Industry, Tianhua Institute is mainly engaged in R&D, engineering design, manufacturing and application promotion of chemical m a c h i n e r y, c h e m i c a l p r o j e c t s a n d equipment, materials and anticorrosion, a u t o m a t i c c o n t r o l o f p r o d u c t i o n

stronger to become well-known both at home and abroad amidst the evolution of the national economy. Its present parent company, ChemChina, was founded by the merger of BlueStar and China Haohua Chemical Corporation and has emerged as the largest chemical producer in China. In recent years, BlueStar has accelerated business restructuring in compliance with the development

strategy of "Traditional Chemicals, Advanced Materials." It now boasts 45 manufacturing plants and 17 R&D institutes worldwide, with business presence in more than 150 countries and regions - a leading chemical player of advanced chemical materials and specialty chemicals globally. By the end of last year, its audited prime operating income is about RMB40 billion and profit RMB700 million.

Utilization of Industrial Exhaust Gases. According to statistics, SRDICI has completed more than 600 scientific research projects in its history, approximately 100 of which have won awards for making technological progress at national, provincial and ministerial levels. In addition, the institute has been approved for over 80 patents, 85% of which have been commercialized, and a dozen of its research achievements are world class. In recent years, SRDICI has taken the lead in a key technological project of the country's Eleventh Five Year Plan (2006-2010), "R&D of Key Technology for Commercialization

of Non-oil-based-route Production of Bulk Chemicals," in cooperation with ten other institutes and colleges. As a result, they have made progress in several processes, such as developing coal bed methane. Also, many of SRDICI's processes and products, including the synthesis of acetic acid through methanol carbonylation, N-formylmorpholine, catalysts for hydrocarbon transformation, low pressure synthesis of methanol (with catalyst), synthesis of dimethyl ether from methanol (with catalyst) and the PSA-based hydrogen-making, etc., have been used in the chemical, petrochemical, food, metallurgy, machinery and military industries by 2,000 Chinese enterprises, and exported all around the world.

design, and technical services. At the same time, it has fostered an experienced expert team and developed mature technologies. Since 2004, under the leadership of ChemChina and pursuing a "Technology, Talents and Industrialization" strategy, the institute has combined its experience of management and service with industrial applications, which has helped boost the firm's development in a more rapid,

comprehensive and sustainable way. CRICC's sales revenues reached RMB100 million in 2006, and hit RMB180 million in 2007. In recent years, the institute has undertaken over 30 national projects, won five national awards and 19 provincial and ministerial awards for technological progress, and gained approval for two patents. It has made achievements in industry sectors such as coatings, water treatment chemicals, pesticides and soft sc ience research, and received considerable economic returns.

process, online analysis instrumentation, radioactive test instrumentation as well as environmental protection technology and equipment. Since its founding, the institute has made 398 major scientific and technological achievements, including winning 34 national-level scientific and technological awards and 67 patents (including 3 U.S. patents); and owns over 80 technical products involved in transformation of achievements. The institute has a staff of 922, of which

technical professionals account for 75%, and registers total assets of RMB650 million and annual production output value of RMB800 million. It has established 22 professional laboratories, two joint research institutes with Sinopec, a national-level testing center, a national-level engineering technology research center and three provincial-level engineering technology research centers, and has set up two branches in Nanjing and Suzhou as well as 15 industrial sponsoring institutions.

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Science fans of the intricate chemical world now have their museum as the country's first central displays on the chemical

industry opened to the public in Beijing recently. Founded by China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), the museum's exhibits detail the development history of China's chemical industry and offer a glimpse of its future. The establishment of the museum aims to show the public the history of Chinese chemical industry through hi-tech. As a museum that popularizes science, it is also a good place to teach basic chemistry to the youth, which in turn should aid further development of the country's chemical industry, museum organizers said. On the third floor of ChemChina headquarters building in Zhongguancun, a hi-tech area in Haidian district, its exhibitions cover 2,540m2. The museum includes displays on ancient chemical production, the modern industry and future trends, as well as an exhibit on the history and development of ChemChina. In addition to written materials, pictures, graphics, models and replicas of equipment used from ancient to modern times, the museum offers interactive experiences to visitors using touch screens and videos. Professionals in the chemical industry can learn more detailed knowledge through a multimedia database. Among the interesting displays is equipment that was phased out during China's industrial and economic reforms. The exhibition hall of ChemChina showcases the history of the corporation. The hall tells the story of ChemChina from its inception and includes sectors on advanced and specialty chemicals, oil processing, raw materials, agro-chemicals, rubber processing and science sector, all which show the scale of ChemChina and the contributions the corporation has made to national industry.

First Chemical Industry Museum Opened in China

M a y 9 t h i s t h e a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e founding of ChemChina as well as the date of opening of the China C h e m i c a l I n d u s t r y Museum. The photo shows President Ren Jianxin unveiling the museum.

The discovery of fire marked the beginning of ancient chemistry and the chemical industry. Pottery is the first chemical product humankind manufactured chemically. Metallurgy, metal smelting and casting technology gradually brought China from the late Neolithic into the metal ages including the "Bronze Age" and "Iron Age." Even papermaking was gradually spread throughout the world. However, invention of gunpowder is an industrial and economic progress.

F o u n d e d i n 1 9 1 9 , Jinan Yuxing Chemical Plant was one of the e a r l i e s t d o m e s t i c plants to produce cyan dye.

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The 3D video room, which uses modern means and integrates scientific knowledge, artistry and visual interest, brings audience pleasant enjoyment.

Hou Debang, who c r e a t e d " H o u ' s Process , " was a trailblazer of China's chemical industry.

The vigorous chemical i n d u s t r y h a s m a d e tremendous contributions t o t h e p r o g r e s s a n d development of society. With the development and breakthrough of new technologies, the chemical industry will play a more important role in human survival, the quality of life and safety, through new ideas, concepts and methods.