07.02.2020
- Trying to evaluate the effect of the Corona virus on the chemical industry at this time is difficult. It would be very tempting to reply quoting Zhou Enlai, who reportedly (when...
09.12.2019
- At the end of the year 2018, China had a total of 676 chemical parks. Of these, 57 are classified as national-level parks, 351 as provincial-level parks and 268 as municipal-level...
29.11.2018
- The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also called the One Belt, One Road policy (OBOR), is an initiative launched by the Chinese government in 2013. The core idea is to improve...
30.03.2018
- Since late 2016, the Chinese government has conducted a series of environmental inspections of production companies. These inspections have typically led to short-term closures of...
25.11.2017
- In Europe as well as in China, chemical parks host the most important production plants of the chemical industry. Although the reasons for their emergence and their development...
05.09.2017
- At a study session earlier this year attended by members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the...
21.11.2016
- In the last 12 months, developments in China’s chemical industry have been somewhat contradictory, as illustrated by two different company statements made in September. On the one...
12.05.2016
- So far, in the Western world limited attention has been paid to the Chinese market for chemical distribution. In fact, only last year´s ICIS list of the biggest global chemical...