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[Industry Focus]:Inventory of China's chemical industry "NO.1" distribution in which regions

China's chemical industry is developing from large-scale to high-precision, and chemical companies are transforming one after another, which will inevitably bring more refined products. The emergence of these products will have a certain impact on the transparency of market information and give birth to a new round of industrial upgrading and aggregation.

This paper will take an inventory of some of the important industries in China's chemical industry and their most concentrated areas to reveal the impact of its history and resource endowments on the industry. We will explore which regions have a prominent position in these industries and analyze how these regions have influenced the development of these industries.


1. China's largest consumer of chemicals: Guangdong Province


guangdong is the largest consumer of chemicals in China, mainly due to its huge GDP. The total GDP of Guangdong Province reached 12.91 trillion yuan, ranking first in China, which promoted the prosperity and development of the consumer end of the chemical industry chain. In China's chemical logistics pattern, about 80% of the chemical products have a logistics pattern from north to south, and one of the important end target markets is Guangdong Province.


At present, Guangdong Province focuses on planning and developing five petrochemical bases, all of which are equipped with large-scale refining and chemical integration devices, which makes the chemicals in Guangdong Province basically realize the development of industrial chain, thus improving the refinement rate and supply scale of products. However, there is still a gap in market supply, which needs to be supplemented by northern cities such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, while high-end new material products need to be supplemented by imported resources.


Fig.1 Five petrochemical bases in Guangdong Province




2. China's largest refining gathering place: Shandong Province


shandong Province is the largest georefining gathering place in China, especially Dongying City, which has the largest number of local oil refining enterprises in the world. As of mid -2023, there are more than 60 local oil refineries in Shandong Province, with a crude oil processing capacity of 0.22 billion tons/year, and the production capacity of ethylene and propylene has also exceeded 3 million tons/year and 8 million tons/year respectively.


The oil refining industry in Shandong Province began to develop in the late 1990 s. Kenli Petrochemical was the first independent refinery, and then Dongming Petrochemical (formerly Dongming County Oil Refining Company) was also established. Since 2004, independent refineries in Shandong Province have entered a period of rapid development, and many local refineries have begun to build and operate. Some of these enterprises are transformed from urban and rural cooperation, and some are transformed from indigenous oil refining.


Since 2010, Shandong local oil refining enterprises have been favored by state-owned enterprises, and many enterprises have been acquired or controlled by state-owned enterprises, including Hongrun Petrochemical, Dongying Refinery, Haihua, Changyi Petrochemical, Shandong Huaxing, Zhenghe Petrochemical, Qingdao Anbang, Jinan Great Wall Refinery, Jinan Chemical Refinery, etc. This has accelerated the rapid development of local refineries.


3. China's largest pharmaceutical products production: Jiangsu Province


jiangsu Province is the largest producer of pharmaceutical products in China, and its pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is an important source of GDP for the province. Jiangsu Province has a huge number of pharmaceutical intermediates industry enterprises, a total of 4067, is China's largest finished pharmaceutical production area. Among them, Xuzhou is one of the largest pharmaceutical production cities in Jiangsu Province, with domestic first-class pharmaceutical industry leading enterprises, such as Jiangsu Enhua, Jiangsu Wanbang, Jiangsu Jiuxu, etc., as well as nearly 60 national high-tech enterprises in the field of biomedicine. In addition, Xuzhou has also established a national R & D platform and more than 70 provincial R & D institutions in four professional fields, including tumor biotherapy and functional development of medicinal plants.


Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, is one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises in the province and even in China. In the past few years, it has repeatedly topped the top 100 list of China's pharmaceutical industry. The group's products cover anti-infection, cardiovascular, digestive, oncology, nervous system and other fields, many of which have high visibility and market share in the domestic and foreign markets.


To sum up, the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Jiangsu Province plays a very important role in China. It is not only the largest producer of pharmaceutical products in China, but also one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises in China.


Figure 2 Distribution of global pharmaceutical intermediate manufacturers


data source: Prospective Industry Research Institute


4. China's largest producer of electronic chemicals: Guangdong Province


as China's largest electronic industry production base, Guangdong Province has also become China's largest electronic chemicals production and consumption base. This position is mainly driven by consumer demand in Guangdong Province. There are hundreds of kinds of electronic chemicals produced in Guangdong Province, with the most complete product range and the highest refinement rate, covering wet electronic chemicals, electronic grade new materials, thin film materials and electronic grade coating materials.


Specifically, Zhuhai Pearl Glass Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. is an important manufacturer of electronic grade glass fiber cloth, low dielectric, and ultra-fine glass fiber yarn. Changxin Resin (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. mainly produces electronic grade amino resin, PTT and other products., And Zhuhai Changxian New Material Technology Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in electronic-grade flux, environmentally friendly cleaning agent, Fanlishui and other products. These enterprises are representative enterprises in the field of electronic chemicals in Guangdong Province.


5. China's largest polyester fiber production: Zhejiang Province


zhejiang Province is the largest polyester fiber production base in China. Its polyester chip production enterprises and polyester filament production scale both exceed 30 million tons/year, polyester staple fiber production scale exceeds 1.7 million tons/year, and polyester chip production enterprises exceed 30 With a total production capacity of more than 4.3 million tons/year, it is one of the largest polyester chemical fiber production areas in the country. In addition, there are many downstream textile weaving enterprises in Zhejiang Province.


The representative chemical companies in Zhejiang Province include Tongkun Group, Hengyi Group, Xinfengming Group and Zhejiang Dushan Energy. These companies are the largest polyester chemical fiber manufacturers in the country, and they have also grown from Zhejiang.


6. China's largest coal chemical production: Shaanxi Province


shaanxi Province is an important center of China's coal chemical industry and the largest coal chemical production base in China. Statistics show that the province has more than seven coal-to-olefin production enterprises, with a production scale of more than 4.5 million tons per year. At the same time, the production scale of coal to ethylene glycol has reached 2.6 million tons/year.


The coal chemical industry in Shaanxi Province is concentrated in Shaanxi Yushen Industrial Park, which is the largest coal chemical industry park in China, gathering many coal chemical production enterprises. Among them, the representative enterprises are Shaanxi to extend the coal Yulin, Shaanxi Yulin energy and chemical industry, Pucheng clean energy, Yulin Shenhua and so on.


7. China's largest salt chemical production: Xinjiang


xinjiang is the largest salt chemical production base in China, and the representative enterprise is Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical, with a PVC production capacity of 1.72 million tons/year, which is the largest PVC enterprise in China, and a caustic soda production capacity of 1.47 million tons/year, which is also the largest in China. Xinjiang has proven salt reserves of about 0.5 billion tons, second only to Qinghai Province. Xinjiang's lake salt has high grade and good quality, which is suitable for deep processing and refining to produce high value-added salt chemical products, such as sodium, bromine, magnesium, etc., which is the best raw material for the production of related chemicals. In addition, the Lop Nur Salt Lake is located in Ruoqiang County in the northeast of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang. The proven potash resources are about 0.3 billion tons, accounting for more than half of the country's potash resources. Many chemical companies entered Xinjiang for investigation and chose to invest in chemical projects in Xinjiang, mainly because of the absolute advantages of Xinjiang's raw material resources and the attractiveness of Xinjiang's relevant policy support.


8. China's largest natural gas chemical production: Chongqing


chongqing is the largest natural gas chemical production area in China. With its rich natural gas resources, Chongqing has formed a number of natural gas chemical industry chains and has become a leading natural gas chemical city in the country.


The important production area of natural gas chemical industry in Chongqing is Changshou District. With the advantages of raw material resources, the region has carried out the downstream extension of the natural gas chemical industry chain. At present, Changshou District has produced a variety of natural gas chemicals, such as acetylene, methanol, formaldehyde, polyoxymethylene, acetic acid, vinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, PVA optical film, EVOH resin, etc. At the same time, a number of natural gas chemical product chain varieties are also under construction, such as BDO, degradable plastics, spandex, NMP, carbon nanotubes, lithium battery solvents, etc.


Representative enterprises developing natural gas chemical industry in Chongqing include BASF, Zhongrun Chemical, China Chemical Hualu, etc. These enterprises actively participate in the development of Chongqing's natural gas chemical industry, promote technological innovation and application, and further enhance the competitiveness and sustainable development of Chongqing's natural gas chemical industry.


9. The province with the largest number of chemical industry parks in China: Shandong Province


shandong Province has the largest number of chemical industrial parks in China. There are more than 1000 provincial and national chemical parks in China, while the number of chemical parks in Shandong Province is more than 100. According to the national requirements for entering the chemical park, the location of the chemical park is the main gathering area of chemical enterprises. The chemical parks in Shandong Province are mainly distributed in Dongying, Zibo, Weifang, Heze and other cities, among which Dongying, Weifang and Zibo are the cities with the largest number of chemical enterprises.


In general, the development of the chemical industry in Shandong Province is relatively concentrated, mainly in the form of parks. Among them, the chemical parks in cities such as Dongying, Zibo, and Weifang are more developed, which are the main gathering places of the chemical industry in Shandong Province.


3 Distribution of main chemical industry parks in Shandong Province


10. China's largest phosphorus chemical production: Hubei Province


according to the distribution characteristics of phosphate rock resources, my country's phosphate rock resources are mainly distributed in the five provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei, and Hunan. Among them, the supply of phosphate rock in the four provinces of Echuan, Guizhou and Yunnan meets most of the country's demand, forming a "South phosphorus The basic pattern of phosphorus resource supply of" transporting phosphorus to the north and transporting phosphorus from the west to the east. Whether according to the number of phosphate rock and downstream phosphide production enterprises, or according to the production scale ranking in the phosphorus chemical industry chain, Hubei Province is the main production area of China's phosphorus chemical industry.


Hubei Province is rich in phosphate rock resources. Its phosphate rock resources account for more than 30% of the country's total resources, and its output accounts for 40% of the country's total output. According to the data of Hubei Provincial Department of economy and information technology, the output of five kinds of products, such as chemical fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer and fine phosphate, ranks first in China. It is the largest phosphorus chemical province and the largest fine phosphorus chemical production base in China. The scale of phosphorus chemical industry accounts for 38.4 of the national proportion.


The representative phosphorus chemical production enterprises in Hubei Province include Xingfa Group, Hubei Yihua and Xinyangfeng. Xingfa Group is the largest sulfur chemical production enterprise and the largest fine phosphorus chemical production enterprise in China. The export scale of monoammonium phosphate in the province has increased year by year. In 2022, the export volume of monoammonium phosphate in Hubei Province will be 511000 tons, with an export value of US $0.452 billion.

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