Asian Largest Catalyst Production Base in Yunxi District

The joint production unit of the Sinopec Catalyst Yunxi Base Phase Ⅱ project was officially completed on July 18, 2018. It was located in the Yueyang Green Chemical Industrial Park with a total investment of 2 billion CNY. The completion marked that Yunxi District has become the largest catalyst production base in Asia with the largest product category. Its annual total output value will reach 7 billion CNY and the annual tax revenue will be 600 million CNY.

The joint production unit costs an investment of 760 million CNY and boasts an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons. Compared with the Phase Ⅰ project, the device has adopted clean production technology, which not only greatly improves the product yield, but also achieves the full compliance of the “three wastes” emissions. The energy consumption of the products can be reduced by about 8%. It was expected to promote the upgrading of the environmental protection equipment level of the catalyst industry in Yueyang City and the extension of the catalyst industry chain.

The project completion is an important milestone for Yunxi District to participate in the Year of Industrial Projects Construction and promote the building of a 100-billion-CNY green industrial park. The District is concentrating on large projects construction to boost high quality development. In the first half of this year, 11 new projects were signed in Yunxi District, with a total investment of 2.668 billion CNY; 10 new projects were started construction, with a total investment of 2.468 billion CNY; and, 10 projects were completed and put into production, with a total investment of 1.925 billion CNY.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang
Chinese source: yueyang.gov.cn