Industry and Foreign Investment News

A 300,000 Mt/Yr Arene Facility Went Into Operation In Liaoning (9/97) A New Acetic Acid Facility Completed In Shanghai (3/97) A New EPDM Water Proofing Materials Facility Completed In Jilin (11/97) A New Pigment Facility Under Construction In Guangdong (11/96) A New Polypropylene Facility Will Complete Soon in Yanshan Petrochemical (11/98) Air Products And Chemicals Inc. Set Up Fifth Joint Venture In China (9/96) Akzo Nobel Will Form A Powder Coatings Venture In China (11/97) Arene Facility Expansion Completed In Yangzi (11/97) Automobile Production Will Reach 1.7 Million Units This Year in China (9/98) Automotive Coatings Development Trends (7/97) Automotive Coatings Outlook In China (1/96) BASF Formed A New Joint Venture In China (1/97) BASF Set Up a MDI Production Plant in China (9/98) Bayer Invested In China (1/96) Beijing Yanshan Completed Butadiene-Styrene Rubber Facility (11/96) Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical (Group) Co., Ltd. Established (9/97) Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Corp. Issued Stocks In Hong Kong (5/97) Belgium's United Chemicals Set up Joint Venture in China (11/98) Birth Rate Continues To Decline In China (3/98) Bisphenol-A Facility Completed In Wuxi (3/96) BP Will Form An Acetic Acid Joint Venture In China (3/96) Building Materials Industry Growth Rate (1/97) Chemical Output Will Reach 300 Billion Yuan In 1997 (11/97) Chemical Trade Increased in 1st Half of 1998 (9/98) Chemical Trade Rose In 1997 (3/98) Chevron Set up Polystyrene Venture in China (11/98) Chevron Will Invest $30 Million In China (11/96) Chi Mei Set Up A Polystyrene Venture In Jiangsu (1/98) Chi Mei Started Construction Of Polystyrene Plant In China (7/97) Chi Mei's PS Plant Started Production (7/98) China and Russia Increase Bilateral Trade (1/96) China Chemical Output Growing 12% In The First Two Quarters (11/96) China Construction Bank Begins to Handle Auto Loans in China (11/98) China Continues To Open Its Financial Market (7/97) China Focuses On Natural Gas Development (1/96) China Increases Urea Production (9/96) China Invested In Polyester Capacity Expansion (5/97) China Lowers Tariff Rate (9/97) China Overhauls State-Owned Enterprises (9/97) China Shuts Down 30 Domestic Auto Producers (7/97) China Will Ban Freon Use By The Year End (7/97) China Will Ban Production and Use of CFC By 1999 (9/98) China Will Eliminate Custom Duty Exemption (3/96) China Will Increase Investments In Environment Protection (1/97) China Crude Oil Output Exceeding 78 Million Metric Tons in First Half of 1998 (7/98) Chinese Chemicals Imports Surged In 1995 (3/96) Chinese Demand For Benzene (3/96) Ciba Set Up a Polymer Joint Venture in China (9/98) Ciba-Geigy Produces Epoxy Resins In China (7/96) Ciba-Geigy Will Set Up Pigment Joint Venture In China (5/97) Construction Market Will Reach $480 Billion By 2000 (11/97) Daqing Petrochemical Corp. Plans To Expand Ethylene Capacity (5/97) Demand For Plastic Building Materials Growing (5/97) Detergent Demand Growing Strong (3/97) Dow Chemical Agreed To Set Up Ethylene Venture In China (9/97) Dow Chemicals Increased Investments In China (3/96) Dow Corning Plans to Set Up a Silicone Plant in China (9/98) DSM Bought 50% Of BASF's China Venture (7/97) Du Pont Acetal Joint Venture In China (1/96) Du Pont and BASF Invest In Adiponitrile Venture In China (5/98) Du Pont Set Up A Polyester Joint Venture In China (5/97) Dushanzi Petrochemical Expands Ethylene Capacity (7/98) Eastman Chemicals Set Up Petroleum Resin Venture in China (11/98) Eastman Kodak Set Up Joint Venture In China (3/98) Elf-Atochem Formed a New Venture in China (7/98) Emerging Petrochemicals Production Base (11/97) Ethylene Expansion Project Completed in Qilu (11/98) Exxon Set Up A Lubricating Oil Facility In China (1/98) Fast-Growing Demand For Plastic Windows And Doors In China (1/96) Fertilizers Market Will Remain Strong (11/97) Foreign Capital Investment Exceeds USD 200 Billion (1/98) Foreign Exchange Reserve Exceeding US $140.5 Billion in China (9/98) Foreign Investments In China Remain Strong (3/97) Foreign Trade Continues to Increase in China (7/98) Foreign Trade Growing 3.2% Last Year (3/97) Foreign Trade Ranks The 10th In The World (1/98) Foreign-Funded Enterprises Reach 320,000 in China (11/98) Formaldehyde Consumption In China (1/96) Fushun Completed 300,000 Mt/Yr Arene Plant (9/96) Gansu Completed A New Compound Fertilizer Facility (5/96) GDP Growing 7% in the First Half of 1998 (7/98) GDP Ranks The 7th In The World (3/98) Graphite Production Base Completed In Hubei (3/98) Guangzhou Ethylene Co. Completed Ethylene Plant Construction (1/97) Hainan's Second Largest Fertilizer Facility Approved (7/96) Hankook Of South Korea Invested In Chinese Tire Industry (9/96) Harbin Petrochemical Completed A New Acetone And Phenol Plant (1/97) Heilongjiang Province Completed A New Polyester Plant (9/96) Hoechst Set Up A Powder Coatings Joint Venture In China (9/97) Hoechst Set Up Industrial Gases Joint Venture (5/96) ICI Increases Investment In China (7/96) Industrial Naphthalene Demand Growing In China (5/96) Japan Invested In China Epoxy Market (5/97) Japan Produces Flame Retardant In China (11/96) Japan Synthetic Rubber Co. Set Up Joint Venture In China (5/96) Jilin Began Construction Of A ABS Facility (7/96) Jilin Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. Completed EPDM Facility (9/97) Jilin Chemical Will Complete New EPDM Facility In 1996 (3/96) Jilin Imported Ethanolamine Production Line (9/96) Jiujiang Fertilizer Project Complete (1/98) Largest Crude Oil Refinery Complex Went Into Operation (11/96) Largest Ethylene Facility Will Be Built In Shanghai (1/97) Largest Facility of Acetic Acid Completed in Sichuan (11/98) Largest Facility Of Phenylacetic Acid (1/98) Largest Fertilizer Facility Will Be Built In Hainan (7/97) Largest Formaldehyde Facility (5/96) Largest Phosphoric Acid Facility Completed In Yunnan (9/96) Largest Sino-Russia Joint Venture (1/98) LG Group Co. Set ABS Joint Venture In China (7/96) LG Group Signed A Joint Venture Agreement (3/96) LG Group Will Produce ABS Resin In China (3/97) LG Group Will Set Up A DOP Venture In Tianjin (11/97) Lithopone Production And Exports (3/96) Luhua Expanded Potassium Carbonate Capacity (3/97) M.A. Hanna Enters The Chinese Plastic Compounding Market (5/96) Maoming Petrochemical Increasing Oil Refining Capacity (7/98) Mitsui Will Invest In Polyurethane Venture In China (3/98) Mobil Set Up Wholly-Owned Enterprise In China (7/97) Moderate Growth Of Chemical Industry Output In Q1 (5/98) Montedison Set Up a New PP Joint Venture in China (7/98) Mtbe Demand Will Double By The Year 2000 (5/96) New Facility Of Carbon Dioxide Built In Nanjing (3/98) New Foreign Investment Trends In China (5/97) New Regulations On Building Construction (1/98) Number of Cities Increase in China (11/98) Oil Imports Rising In China (11/96) Ouchi Shindo Set Up Rubber Additives Joint Venture (9/96) Owen-Corning Signed A Joint Venture Agreement (1/96) Petrochemical Industry Showed Growth in the 1st Half of 1998 (11/98) Phillips Invest In Plastic Industry (3/97) Plastic Pipe Market Offers Growth Opportunities (7/96) Polyester Demand Rising (9/97) Polyethylene Capacity Expansion (5/97) Polyphenylene Sulfide Facility Built In Sichuan (3/98) Propylene Oxide Consumption Growing 35% Annually (7/96) Pure Benzene Supply Continues To Climb This Year (7/97) Purolite Set Up Wholly-Owned Subsidiary In China (3/97) PVC Price Rising (9/96) Qilu Petrochemical Co., Ltd. And Yangzi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (5/98) Rhone-Poulenc Will Invest In Surfactant Venture In China (9/97) Rohne-Poulenc Set Up A Central Office In China (1/97) Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Had Record Sales In 1995 (5/96) Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Increasing Ethylene Capacity (5/98) Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Laid Out Expansion Plan (7/98) Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Set Up A New Joint Venture (7/96) Shell Will Invest In Largest Petrochemical Venture (5/98) Sichuan Completed A New Polyester Plant (11/96) SINOPEC Sales Increasing Rapidly (5/96) SINOPEC's New Fertilizer Facility Went Into Operation (1/97) Sodium Nitrite Supply And Demand In China (1/96) State Administration Of Petroleum And Chemicals Formed (5/98) Synthetic Resin Import Continues to grow (9/98) Taiwan Increased Investment in China? Plastic Industry (7/96) The Ministry Of Chemical Industry Will No Longer Exist (3/98) Top Ten Cities or Provinces in High-Tech Products Trade (9/98) Toyo Ink Completed Construction Of Colorants Plant In China (11/96) UCB Has Agreed To Set Up A Coatings Venture In China (11/97) Union Carbide Invests In Chinese Adhesive Industry (1/97) Water Pollution Control Regulation In China (5/96) Yangzi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Expanded PTA Capacity (5/98) Yangzi Petrochemical Corp. Started Ethylene Capacity Expansion (3/97) Yangzi Petrochemical Expands Production Capacity (7/98) Yanshan's Ethylene Output Exceeds 500,000 Mt/Yr (1/98)