China

AkzoNobel Hikes China Paints Capacity

Dutch paints and coatings group AkzoNobel has invested an undisclosed sum in a new production line in China for water-based texture paints.

Dealing with Price Volatility

It sometimes seems that everyone running a business always thinks that times are tougher now than they used to be. For producers — and buyers — of commodity chemicals, this thinking will take the more specific form of concerns about increased price volatility.

China said Worried About Sanctions on Russian JVs

Chinese oil and petrochemicals giant Sinopec is planning what it says is its highest capital spending budget in corporate history for 2022 after posting its highest profit in a decade in 2021. In a filing to the Shanghai stock exchange, the group said it expects to spend 198 billion yuan ($31.10 billion) this year, 18% more than last year.

Foreign Management in China Should Know the Turf

Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the chemical industry and other industries have achieved rapid growth in the past years and are contributing to China’s economic development.

Bioscience Trends in China’s New Five-Year Plan

China’s 14th Five-Year Plan “145” suggests that the dynamics initiated by the previous Five-Year Plan are to be maintained and even surpassed. As in the previous planning period, high priority is given to modernizing the country and the economy through R&D.

Selecting the Right European Location for Life Sciences Activities

Agile and resilient: This is how manufacturers in the life sciences industry could be described during the Covid-19 pandemic. As disruption took hold in many other industries’ supply chains, life ­sciences companies moved to rapidly develop new products and build new capacity. They are maintaining this momentum, with pharmaceutical and biotech businesses showing continued interest in expanding existing operations in Europe or starting operations from scratch.

Continuation Rather than a Change

China`s 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) covering the period from 2021 to 2025 will only be published after its acceptance by the National People`s Congress in March 2021.

China Shortfall Hits Indian Generics Exports

China to Put Curbs on Single-use Plastics

East China may be Source of CFC Emissions Rise

Blast at China Pesticide Plant Kills 64

Honeywell UOP Wins China, Vietnam Propylene Projects

Novo Nordisk Launches innovation Platform in China

AkzoNobel Takes Full Ownership of China JV

One Belt, One Road

Opportunities for Western CDMOs in China

Praxair Expands in China, South Korea

China Develops new HIV Drug

NPC and China to Build Petrochemical Park in Iran

CB&I Wins China Ethylene Contract

China’s New Drugs Policy Favors Generics

Chinese Duties Would Hit US Chemicals

Stricter Environmental Regulation in China

China’s Anti-pollution Clampdown

China’s Environment Tax Comes due in April

Arkema Adding PA 12 Capacity in China

Clariant and Shanghai Huaxi in Hydrogen Pact

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

BP Plans Lubricants Plant in China

W. R. Grace Wins China PP Contracts

ExxonMobil signs MoU for Petchems in China

Clariant Gets China OK for Stabilizers Site

AstraZeneca Forms Chinese JV

Ineos to Ship US Ethane to China

US Firms Benefit from Trump China Trade Visit