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ISSUE 14 EVENTSChemChinaRanked 19th among GlobalChemical PlayersICIS information provider, published the latest ranking of the top100 global chemical firms based on 2007 sales performance.China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) took 19thplace among the top 20 chemical makers.BASF topped the list with 2007 sales revenues worthUS$85,353 million, followed by Dow Chemical, whosesales reached US$53,513 million. ExxonMobil, with sales ofUS$53,417 million, was placed third. ChemChina was ranked19th for its sales income of US$17,400 million.Chemical Business, a prominent chemical industryDaniël ScheltingaAppointed CEO of ChemChinaFinance Co., Ltd.www.chemchina.com.cnChemChinaRanked 28th among China'sTop 500 EnterprisesLi BingmeiIt was announced at the "Information Conference for Chinese LargeEnterprise Groups and Large Industrial Enterprises in 2008" heldat the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 27th, thatChemChina now ranks 28th among the top 500 Chinese enterprisesin 2008, climbing seven places compared to the ranking publishedby the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last year. Meanwhile,ChemChina was once again listed among the annual top 100 leadingenterprise groups.The information release of comprehensive strength of Chineselarge enterprise groups is the latest data acquired by the NBS through"cross-industry, all-directional and multi-index" investigation intothe actualities of the nominated enterprise groups by drawing uponinternationally advanced statistical methods. This conference for largeChinese enterprise groups, which has been held for eight consecutiveyears, sorts target enterprise groups on the basis of official authoritativedata and according to comprehensive assessment indexes like businessincome and total assets, and provides the latest information about thereform and development of large Chinese enterprises for all audiencesat home and abroad every year, to showcase the greatest and strongestof China's large enterprise groups.The top 500 competitive Chinese enterprise groups were still pickedaccording to the assessment system made up of 24 basic indexes forcompetitiveness of enterprise groups. ChemChina retained its title ofNo.1 in the category of "manufacturing of chemical raw materials andchemical products."Cao XiaChemChina Finance Co., Ltd. (CFC), acompany that is still on the drawingboard, has received its first CEO, Daniëlde Blocq van Scheltinga. Thus, CFC hasbecome the first financial company amongChina's central enterprises and large-scaleSOEs (state-owned enterprises) to appointa foreign CEO. On September 17th,ChemChina President Ren Jianxin hostedthe ceremony for Mr. Daniël de Blocq vanScheltinga to assume his position. VP ofChemChina, Du Guosheng, and directorsof ChemChina's functional departmentsand subsidiary companies attended themeeting.Mr. Daniël de Blocq van Scheltinga wasborn in Netherlands. With a backgroundcombining finance, banking and law, heis extremely professional in the operationof finance, commercial banking andinvestment banking businesses. In histen years at the world-famous AlgemeneBank Nederland (ABN AMRO), he andhis team made numerous extraordinaryachievements. After taking the postof CEO, he set clear goals for CFC'sdevelopment: CFC will be committed toabsorbing intellectual resources, providingfinancial services and implementingbusiness strategies of the higheststandard, in order to win the unvaryingrecognition that CFC provides first-rankfinancial services for funds settlement,fund raising, finance and investment bankconsulting.October 20081

ISSUE 14 EVENTSChemChinaReceives Israeli Ambassador Amos NadaiOn September 9th, ChemChina President Ren Jianxin received IsraeliAmbassador Amos Nadai, and guests from Israeli Articom Corp. Renexpressed his appreciation to the Israeli people for their concern and aidextended to the Chinese people and the quake-hit firms of ChemChinaafter the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake. Then, he briefed the guests onChemChina's achievements and business growth in recent years. Mr. Nadaipointed out that since innovation is adopted by both Israeli chemical firmsand ChemChina as an engine to help boost growth, there is huge potentialfor cooperation. They also held in-depth discussions on issues of commonconcern. (Photo by Chuai Liang)CNCIC and FCCEP Enter into Strategic Cooperation AgreementOn September 19th, the Foreign Cooperation Centerfor Environmental Protection (FCCEP) of the Ministryof Environmental Protection and China National ChemicalInformation Center (CNCIC) jointly held the ceremony forsigning a "strategic cooperation agreement" in Beijing.The FCCEP, which administers funds of internationalfinancial organizations, foreign economic cooperation,performance project funds, bilateral aid funds and othermatters concerning foreign economic cooperation, boastsa tremendous advantage in acquisition of internationalleading technologies and management experience in energyconservation and emission reduction. CNCIC, a nationalcenter for chemical information collection, information2 ndInternational Advanced Materials(Tianjin) Summit to be held in TianjinDong Shuping, Wang Wuresearch, information service and computer applicationtechnology development, has great advantages in acquisitionand release of chemical information about the country.According to the agreement, the two parties will,under the principles of long stability, equality and mutualbenefit, comprehensive collaboration and commondevelopment, carry out long-term, stable and in-depthcooperation in energy conservation, emission reductionand environmental protection in the chemical industryby drawing upon each other's strengths, and will help ina balanced way to save energy and reduce emissions fordomestic enterprises and to create new ideas for China toprotect the environment.Chuai LiangThe 2nd International Advanced Materials (Tianjin) Summit,which is to be held at the New Coastal Area, Tianjin fromOctober 30th to November 1st, is co-sponsored by the TianjinGovernment, ChemChina, DECHEMA and Morgan Stanley, andjointly organized by CNCIC and the Management Committee of theNew Coastal Area, Tianjin.Held under the theme "Opportunity and Responsibility," thesummit is expected to explore development outlooks and thelatest scientific and technological trends for the industry.Attendees will discuss opportunities for the advanced materialindustry, and the social responsibility that enterprises mustassume. Meanwhile, three specially established technical seminars- "Composites and Aerospace," "Chemical Materials and LighterweightAutomobiles" and "Membrane Materials and Water ResourceEnvironment" will bring together customers, producers andfrontline workers of scientific research academies and institutesfor deeper discussions about the hottest fields in the advancedmaterials industry.On September 11th, ChemChina President Ren Jianxin headedto BlueStar (Nanjing) New Chemical Materials Co., Ltd. forinspection of the 1,4-butanediol / tetrahydrofuran projectunder construction, which was scheduled to be deliveredon October 18th and expected to be completed and put intoproduction before the end of the year. Ren stipulated that theproject be delivered quickly with great attention to quality.Then he visited the employees from the quake-hit QingpingLinkuang, who were working temporarily in the company, andextended his warm regards to them on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival.October 20082

ISSUE 14 EVENTSERP Project Kicks off at Shenyang ChemicalSeptember 19th witnessed theofficial kick-off of the ERPProject at Shenyang ChemicalIndustry Group, a subsidiary ofBlueStar Group under the logoof ChemChina. Participants inthe kick-off meeting includedPresident of ChemChina RenJianxin, CIO of ChemChinaRoss MacAllister, Atos OriginAsian Partner Mark Gotson,CFO of BlueStar Huang Meiyan,Vice President of BlueStar andGeneral Manager of ShenyangChemical Industry Group, WangDazhuang. The Chief Executiveo f A t o s O r i g i n C h i n a V I PClients introduced the plan forimplementing the ERP project in Shenyang Chemical, and RossMacAllister announced the overall strategy of ChemChina's ITconstruction.Ever since the project was introduced into Shenyang ChemicalIndustry Group, the company has done a great deal to prepareitself for the official start-up of the project. The companyHan Jingchaotook necessary organizationaladjustment to facilitate theprogress of the ERP project,which integrates the supply andsales, finance, planning andstorage departments, separatelyrun by Shenyang Chemical Co.,Ltd., Shenyang Paraffin ChemicalCo., Ltd. and Acrylic Acid Divisioninto one management systemto be operated by the holdingcompany."In global competition, wenow lag behind many companieswhich have fully adopted modernmanagement models aligned withglobal best practices. So we haveto make double efforts to catchup, and reform the enterprise management flow in accordancewith the standard requirements," Ren said. "We have everyconfidence of making the ERP project at Shenyang ChemicalIndustry Group successful."After the meeting, Ren paid a visit to the company'sconstruction site of a 500,000 t/a CPP project.www.chemchina.com.cnProgress Made for ERPProject at Harbin PetrochemicalJiang YuNew progress has been made for ChemChina's firstSAP-ERP project, which is at BlueStar HarbinPetrochemical Co., Ltd. following one and halfmonths' intensive training that began July 25th. Atthis time, the confirmation of the flow model andthe first collection of data are about to be started,creating a solid foundation for the formal launchnext January.The project's progress so far is attributable tothe sound support work of Harbin Petrochemical.To ensure the success of the project, an incentivemechanism was put in place to encourage wideparticipation in defining procedures and collectingdata, which will serve as part of the foundationfor the project. To date, eight business modulesencompassing 165 specific processes have beenclearly defined and almost 100% of the datacollected, as is fully recognized by both Atos Originand ChemChina.On August 14th, at the launch ceremony for compensated use andpilot trading of the right to discharge major water pollutantsin the Taihu Basin in Jiangsu Province, Wuxi Resin Factory signedthe "contract for applying to purchase the right to discharge majorwater pollutants in the Taihu Basin in Jiangsu Province" as the onlyrepresentative of pilot enterprises of the province.Wuxi Resin FactorySigns Contract to Buy Pollutant Discharge RightsWang XiaoningUpholding the production principles of "low consumption, highoutput, less emission and reclamation" and the environmentalconcept of "eliminating pollution before getting eliminated,"Wuxi Resin Factory has invested over RMB70 million in thespecial construction of many facilities for treatment of wastegas, wastewater and industrial residue in light of the dischargeperformance of units over the years. In recent years, it has taken thelead in Wuxi to install advanced TOC and COD online monitors andSO 2 online monitors in its systems. The proprietary technologies thatthe firm has independently researched and developed specificallyaddress the pollution treatment problems that have been bafflingChina's epoxy resin industry. It was listed among the first group of"cleaner production audit" companies in Wuxi in 2003 and honored asa model enterprise in clean production in Wuxi in 2004. It acquiredthe environmental management system ISO14000 certificate in 2006 andsuccessfully passed the ISO14000 certification review in 2008.October 20083

ISSUE 14 TECHNOLOGY AND PROJECTMining Operation of QingpingPhosphate Mine ResumedYang Hong, Li YongjiangWith the basic restoration of the road between Hanwangand Qingping, Deyang Haohua Qingping Phosphate Mine Co.,Ltd. made a plan for all work required to resume productionafter the disaster. On August 28th, under the leadership ofGeneral Manager Xiang Ping and Assistant General ManagerHe Nanjiang, 300 employees marched onto the mountain forearly preparation.As all houses in the mountain had been ruined by theearthquake, the 300 employees put up tents on the debrisupon arrival at the mine area.With their safety guaranteed, the employees conducteddetailed inspection of the damage, cleared work areas,cleaned up damaged equipment and planned to addequipment to resume underground production. By September6th, a dozen kilometers of the internal road in the minearea had been fully opened to traffic. The road between thehighest work area San'genshan and Hanwang had been fullyrestored for resumption of mining operations.Xiangdong Chemical MachineryCommissions 102J Raw GasCompressorYin XiongjianOn August 23rd, a 102J raw gas compressor unit designedand manufactured by the steam turbine division of HunanXiangdong Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd. was successfullycommissioned, marking a higher stage in the company'smanufacture of steam turbines.The 102J raw gas compressor is a supporting piece of the600,000 t/a synthetic ammonia unit of Erdos United ChemicalCo., Ltd., which was imported, and there are currently onlytwo or three domestic companies capable of manufacturingsome of its fittings. Xiangdong undertook the task last year,spent only one year designing and manufacturing a full setof systems including steam turbine, centrifugal compressor,oil system, condensation system and control system, andachieved successful commissioning in the first attempt.Through testing, the unit was shown to fully satisfy the designand manufacturing standards for all properties and wascomparable to imported products.www.chemchina.com.cnPost-disaster Reconstruction ofSichuan BlueStar Machinery Setin DeyangTang AnshuOn September 3rd, a new project to create a productionbase for heavy vessels was initiated by Sichuan BlueStarMachinery Co., Ltd., which suffered serious losses in thecatastrophic "May 12" earthquake. The site is in DeyangEconomic & Technological Development Zone, and theceremony for signing the investment agreement was heldin Deyang. The project, with a total investment of RMB650million and an area of 400,000m 3 , is to be constructed intwo stages. The first stage, with an investment of RMB320million, covers an area of 200,000m 3 , and will establishan annual production scale of RMB1.5 billion to 2 billionin manufacturing large equipment for chemical fertilizers,petrochemicals, natural gas chemistry, salt chemicals andcoal chemicals. The maximum hoisting capacity of theplant will soar to 650 tons. The second stage will involvesea water desalination and water treatment with theaim of further expanding corporate production capacityand developing high-end markets. The completion of thewhole project is expected to bring annual sales revenuesof RMB3 to 4 billion, and help the company become amodern manufacturing base for large chemical equipmentin western China.Amino Silicone Project ofXinghuo Plant Completed andBegins CommissioningDu YanqingThe 3,000 t/a amino silicone oil project of Jiangxi XinghuoOrganic Silicone Plant was completed and put into trialproduction on August 21st, and produced conforming productson August 22nd. The completion and operation of the projectextended the company's industrial chain of organic siliconeproducts, injected new vitality into corporate development,and could increase sales by RMB75 million.This project, the first of the company after employingBSI (BlueStar Silicone International) technology andcharacterized by polymerization of DMC and aminosilane,was technically geared to BSI last December, designedby Lehigh Engineering Corp. last April, and completed onschedule on July 30th.The success represents the fruits of sincere cooperationbetween Xinghuo Plant and BSI. Mr. Cloud, General Managerof BSI Shanghai division, kept working as BSI projectmanager with technicians of Xinghuo to solve problemsarising in project construction and commissioning. Duringcommissioning, BSI headquarters sent two technicalspecialists to Xinghuo for on-site guidance. To improvethe skills of the operators, Xinghuo sent three groupsof operators to BSI for study. Meanwhile, Xinghuo will,according to the BSI standards, build amino silicone oilworkshop into a model workshop in the plant.October 20084

ISSUE 14 TECHNOLOGY AND PROJECTBreakthrough Made in AcrylicAcid Sewage Treatment TechnologyYan Xiaoqiang, Liu QingqingThe acrylic acid sewage treatment station, with aninvestment of over RMB10 million from Acrylic AcidBranch of Zhenghe Petrochemical Group, met the relevantnational standards for all its exterior discharge indexes through72 consecutive hours of monitoring by an inspection andacceptance working group, marking a successful application ofbiochemical technology to acrylic acid sewage treatment, thusfurther enriching acrylic acid sewage treatment technology. Thefacility, with a daily sewage treatment capacity of 150 tons,can decrease discharged pollutants by 65,664m 3 annually anddecrease COD discharge by 2,626.56 tons. Using an EGSB reactor,an advanced anaerobic unit at present, the facility introducesadvanced biological technology in acrylic acid sewage treatmentduring reinforced treatment of high-concentration organicsewage. According to estimation, treating a ton of sewage withthis new process can save a cost of around RMB300 comparedto the traditional process of incineration. Meanwhile, the unitis equipped with a set of 120kW methane generating units togenerate 2,700kWh of power every day using the methaneproduced from sewage treatment, which not only satisfied thepower usage of the sewage treatment station, but also savedpower charge of RMB1,700 a day and an annual power charge ofover RMB600,000 for the company.SRDICI Makes Breakthrough inMaking Hydrogen from Coalbed Gas byAutothermic ConversionXie Zhaopingbreakthrough was made in the key technology for "hydrogenA production from coalbed gas autothermic conversion," aproject under the national "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" TechnologyR&D Program undertaken by the Southwest Research & DesignInstitute of Chemical Industry (SRDICI).Methane in coalbed gas is an excellent raw material forhydrogen. A reaction of methane and water vapor caused bythe heat from combustion of oxygen and methane in coalbedgas produces a mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide,carbon dioxide and nitrogen. All impurities are eliminatedto produce pure hydrogen through PSA (pressure swingadsorption). In the technical process of making hydrogenfrom coalbed gas, steam conversion and conversion reactionare both mature technologies, and the key is the R&D onthe catalyst for autothermic conversion. In recent years, theinstitute has determined the catalyst formula and completedpilot development through repeated technological tests.Specialists analyzed that, industrialization of the project ofhydrogen production from coalbed gas containing intermediatemethane, would not only provide hydrogen users witheconomical hydrogen sources, but also solve the problemsof environmental pollution and resource wasting caused bydischarge of coalbed gas.Zhonghao Chenguang Research Institute of ChemicalIndustry successfully produced 20 batches of environmentfriendlyfluorous rubber goods, with their major indexPFOA (perfluorooctanoate) content meeting the productionrequirement of environment-friendly fluorous rubber andtheir physical properties meeting traditional fluorous rubberrequirements according to a test by the authorities. Thisallows a significant transformation from traditional productionto environmental production of fluorous rubber. All thefluorous production units of Zhonghao Chenguang have alreadybeen transformed into environment-friendly fluorous rubberproduction units.Zhonghao ChenguangDevelops Environment-friendlyFluorous Rubber GoodsOctober 2008Wang YudePFOA is largely used as a dispersant for production offluorous resin and fluorous rubber. Since the "Teflon Event" inJuly 2004, developed countries like the U.K. and the U.S. aswell as the European Union successively worked out countermeasuresand policies to restrict and cut the production anduse of PFOA and relevant products, and thus formed marketand technology barriers. However, the institute grasped thetrend, organized scientific research elite to seek a PFOAalternative by all means and to make a great number ofselection experiments, and preliminarily chose a chemicalsubstance for dispersion polymerization. Following theexperiments, it successively tackled numerous problems intechnology and equipment during chemical production ofscale, and eventually took the lead in achieving productionsuccess. Based on that, the institute stepped up R&D forapplications, completed research on the application ofthe PFOA alternative to production of fluorous rubber, andsuccessfully produced the first batch of environment - friendlyfluorous rubber. It is the first of its kind in China, markingmonumental progress in production technology for fluorousrubber. The first batch has been delivered to customers foruse.In road tests at largedomestic mines, thegiant all-steel tiresmanufactured by HaohuaSouth China (Guilin)Rubber Co., Ltd. havewithstood severe localconditions such as hight e m p e r a t u r e , h e a v yrain and great day-nighttemperature swings. Thelatest data show that thegiant all-steel tires haverun an accumulated 5,500kilometers and 430 hours,and all indexes of the tireslike "air pressure, tire temperature, abrasion and load deflection" have been normal. The tires areto be put into bulk production and into the market. (Photo by Song Yu)5

ISSUE 14 CORPORATE BROCHUREBlueStar Celebrates 24th Anniversary, Aims for New HeightsSeptember 1st marks the 24th anniversaryof the founding of China National BlueStar(Group) Corporation, a remarkable year whenBlueStar commits itself to the introductionof best practices from the global chemicalindustry in order to scale new heights.Since its founding by Ren Jianxin morethan two decades ago with a small loan ofRMB10,000, the company has grown everstronger to become well-known both athome and abroad amidst the evolution of thenational economy. Its present parent company,ChemChina, was founded by the mergerof BlueStar and China Haohua ChemicalCorporation and has emerged as the largestchemical producer in China. In recent years,BlueStar has accelerated business restructuringin compliance with the developmentstrategy of "Traditional Chemicals, AdvancedMaterials." It now boasts 45 manufacturingplants and 17 R&D institutes worldwide, withbusiness presence in more than 150 countriesand regions - a leading chemical player ofadvanced chemical materials and specialtychemicals globally. By the end of last year,its audited prime operating income is aboutRMB40 billion and profit RMB700 million.SRDICI: 50 Years of InnovationThe Southwest Research & Design Instituteof Chemical Industry (SRDICI) celebratedthe 50th anniversary of its founding onSeptember 8th.Established in 1958 as a laboratoryat Luzhou, Sichuan Province, SRDICIhas developed into a hi-tech firm withinternational recognition after 50 years ofgrowth. The institute is the sponsor of theNational Research & Promotion Center forPSA (pressure swing adsorption) SeparationTechnology, the National Research Center forC1 Chemical Engineering Technology and theNational Key Laboratory for ComprehensiveCRICC: 30-year Efforts Pay OffOn September 1st, the Central ResearchInstitute of China Chemical Scienceand Technology (CRICC) celebrated its 30thanniversary.Established by the former Science andTechnology Bureau of the Ministry of theChemical Industry, CRICC has now becomean enterprise that integrates scientificresearch & development, industrialapplications, engineering consultation andXie ZhaopingUtilization of Industrial Exhaust Gases.According to statistics, SRDICI has completedmore than 600 scientific research projectsin its history, approximately 100 of whichhave won awards for making technologicalprogress at national, provincial and ministeriallevels. In addition, the institute has beenapproved for over 80 patents, 85% of whichhave been commercialized, and a dozen ofits research achievements are world class.In recent years, SRDICI has taken the lead ina key technological project of the country'sEleventh Five Year Plan (2006-2010), "R&Dof Key Technology for CommercializationDong Wansen, Yang Bodesign, and technical services. At the sametime, it has fostered an experienced expertteam and developed mature technologies.Since 2004, under the leadership ofChemChina and pursuing a "Technology,Talents and Industrialization" strategy, theinstitute has combined its experience ofmanagement and service with industrialapplications, which has helped boostthe firm's development in a more rapid,of Non-oil-based-route Production of BulkChemicals," in cooperation with ten otherinstitutes and colleges. As a result, they havemade progress in several processes, such asdeveloping coal bed methane. Also, many ofSRDICI's processes and products, includingthe synthesis of acetic acid through methanolcarbonylation, N-formylmorpholine, catalystsfor hydrocarbon transformation, low pressuresynthesis of methanol (with catalyst),synthesis of dimethyl ether from methanol(with catalyst) and the PSA-based hydrogenmaking,etc., have been used in thechemical, petrochemical, food, metallurgy,machinery and military industries by 2,000Chinese enterprises, and exported all aroundthe world.comprehensive and sustainable way. CRICC'ssales revenues reached RMB100 million in2006, and hit RMB180 million in 2007.In recent years, the institute hasundertaken over 30 national projects, wonfive national awards and 19 provincialand ministerial awards for technologicalprogress, and gained approval for twopatents. It has made achievements inindustry sectors such as coatings, watertreatment chemicals, pesticides andsoft science research, and receivedconsiderable economic returns.Tianhua Institute: Half Century of Pioneering Builds BrillianceThe 50th anniversary of the founding ofTianhua Institute of Chemical Machinery& Automation was celebrated on October8th. As one of the ten major scientificresearch academies and institutes of theformer Ministry of Chemical Industry,Tianhua Institute is mainly engaged inR&D, engineering design, manufacturingand application promotion of chemicalm 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 dequipment, 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 nprocess, online analysis instrumentation,radioactive test instrumentation as wellas environmental protection technologyand equipment. Since its founding, theinstitute has made 398 major scientificand technological achievements, includingwinning 34 national-level scientific andtechnological awards and 67 patents(including 3 U.S. patents); and ownsover 80 technical products involved intransformation of achievements. Theinstitute has a staff of 922, of whichYan Jiantingtechnical professionals account for 75%, andregisters total assets of RMB650 million andannual production output value of RMB800million. It has established 22 professionallaboratories, two joint research instituteswith Sinopec, a national-level testing center,a national-level engineering technologyresearch center and three provincial-levelengineering technology research centers,and has set up two branches in Nanjing andSuzhou as well as 15 industrial sponsoringinstitutions.October 20086

ISSUE 14 CULTURAL EXCHANGEwww.chemchina.com.cnFirst Chemical Industry Museum Opened in ChinaM a y 9 t h i s t h ea n n i v e r s a r y o f t h efounding of ChemChinaas well as the date ofopening of the ChinaC h e m i c a l I n d u s t r yMuseum. The photoshows President RenJianxin unveiling themuseum.The discovery of fire marked the beginning of ancient chemistryand the chemical industry. Pottery is the first chemical producthumankind manufactured chemically. Metallurgy, metal smelting andcasting technology gradually brought China from the late Neolithicinto the metal ages including the "Bronze Age" and "Iron Age." Evenpapermaking was gradually spread throughout the world. However,invention of gunpowder is an industrial and economic progress.Science fans of the intricate chemical world now have theirmuseum as the country's first central displays on the chemicalindustry opened to the public in Beijing recently.Founded by China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), themuseum's exhibits detail the development history of China's chemicalindustry and offer a glimpse of its future.The establishment of the museum aims to show the public thehistory of Chinese chemical industry through hi-tech.As a museum that popularizes science, it is also a good place toteach basic chemistry to the youth, which in turn should aid furtherdevelopment of the country's chemical industry, museum organizerssaid.On the third floor of ChemChina headquarters building inZhongguancun, a hi-tech area in Haidian district, its exhibitions cover2,540m 2 .The museum includes displays on ancient chemical production,the modern industry and future trends, as well as an exhibit on thehistory and development of ChemChina.In addition to written materials, pictures, graphics, models andreplicas of equipment used from ancient to modern times, themuseum offers interactive experiences to visitors using touch screensand videos.Professionals in the chemical industry can learn more detailedknowledge through a multimedia database.Among the interesting displays is equipment that was phased outduring China's industrial and economic reforms.The exhibition hall of ChemChina showcases the history of thecorporation.The hall tells the story of ChemChina from its inception andincludes 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 thecorporation has made to national industry.F o u n d e d i n 1 9 1 9 ,Jinan Yuxing ChemicalPlant was one of thee a r l i e s t d o m e s t i cplants to produce cyandye.October 20087

ISSUE 14 CULTURAL EXCHANGEThe 3D video room, which uses modern means and integratesscientific knowledge, artistry and visual interest, bringsaudience pleasant enjoyment.Hou Debang, whoc r e a t e d " H o u ' sP r o c e s s , " w a s atrailblazer of China'schemical industry.The vigorous chemicali n d u s t r y h a s m a d etremendous contributionst o t h e p r o g r e s s a n ddevelopment of society.With the developmentand breakthrough of newtechnologies, the chemicalindustry will play a moreimportant role in humansurvival, the quality of life andsafety, through new ideas,concepts and methods.www.chemchina.com.cnOctober 20088