Wanhua Chemical: to build a global competitive chemical new materials enterprises.

Recently, six departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Petrochemical and Chemical Industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"). The "Opinions" are based on the current development status of the industry and focus on key difficulties. On the one hand, the main goal of high-quality development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period was put forward, and the key tasks to promote the high-quality development of the industry were precisely deployed, providing direction for the future development of petrochemical and chemical enterprises.
At present, the global energy structure is deeply adjusted, and the diversification and internationalization of petrochemical raw materials have profoundly affected and changed the competitive landscape of the petrochemical industry. Petrochemical products have maintained rapid growth in the Asia-Pacific region due to the market demand brought about by the rapid economic growth of population and emerging economies. China has become the world's largest chemical producer and consumer, and its main product production capacity ranks among the top in the world, and its global influence continues to increase. With the continuous expansion of ChemChina and the implementation of the "two-carbon" strategy, the industry has accelerated its transformation to a high-quality development model, and the potential for industrial structure optimization and upgrading is huge.
Wanhua Chemical is committed to developing into a globally competitive chemical new material enterprise. Under the guidance of President Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we will fully implement the spirit of the 19th Plenary Sessions of the Party, based on the new stage of development, and earnestly implement the " Opinions", focus on key new chemical materials and fine chemicals, give full play to the advantages of independent innovation, practice the concept of green and low-carbon, tackle key technologies and realize industrial application, break through the bottleneck of localization, "share the worries for the country and benefit the people" ".
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Wanhua Chemical will deeply integrate key tasks such as improving the level of innovation and development, promoting industrial structure adjustment, and accelerating green and low-carbon development into the company's development strategy and decision-making arrangements to achieve high-level progress of the enterprise and promote high-quality development of the industry. .
Improve innovation mechanism and promote technological progress
The "Opinions" clearly stated that the innovation mechanism should be improved, the main role of enterprises in innovation should be strengthened, core technologies should be conquered, and the driving force of innovation and development should be enhanced. Under the international situation of frequent geopolitical conflicts and trade frictions, the implementation of independent innovation strategy is an important starting point to get rid of foreign constraints, which can vigorously promote the transformation and upgrading of the chemical industry and achieve high-level self-reliance and self-reliance.
Wanhua Chemical has always taken the road of independent innovation unswervingly, adhering to the concept of independent innovation, continuously building the core competitiveness of enterprise growth, and has conquered a large number of core manufacturing technologies of new chemical materials with independent intellectual property rights. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we will continue to intensify technological innovation, deepen the reform of innovation systems and mechanisms, strengthen the construction of national and regional innovation platforms and bases, and focus on building a national engineering research center for advanced polymers and innovation in national technical standards (new chemical materials). Bases and other platforms, and constantly improve the technological innovation system integrating basic research, process development, engineering, industrialization and product application development. Strengthen the upstream and downstream collaborative innovation and cooperation mechanism, promote the deep integration of production, education, research and use, and create a new industrial innovation ecosystem. Maintain strategic focus, focus on new chemical materials and fine chemicals, focus on research and development of products that are urgently needed for major national strategies and projects, continue to break through core industry technologies, and inject new vitality into enterprise development.
Overcome short-board products and optimize the industry
Focusing on improving the supply quality of chemical products, the "Opinions" emphasize that the variety and specifications of materials such as polyurethane and polyamide should be increased, and the development of high-end polyolefins, electronic chemicals, bio-based materials and other products should be accelerated. Under the general overcapacity of basic petrochemical products and unstable international relations, high-end new chemical materials and fine chemicals with high technology content and high added value are the future development direction of the chemical industry. It is urgent to promote high-end fine chemicals and new chemical materials to seize the commanding heights of industry development and maintain the security of the industrial chain and supply chain by improving innovation capabilities, speeding up the layout of raw materials for short boards, and expanding the supply of high-end chemical products.

After decades of continuous technological innovation and industrial iteration, Wanhua Chemical has formed a highly integrated industrial chain and highly integrated production of polyurethane, petrochemical, fine chemicals and new materials. In the future, it will cultivate more high-tech, high-tech businesses Value-added world-class industrial clusters.

· In terms of polyurethane materials, continue to promote the upgrading of MDI technology and the stable and orderly development of the industry, expand the variety of polyurethane materials, and actively explore the market demand in new downstream areas of polyurethane, and increase the use of polyurethane in building insulation, pavement materials, wood-based panels and other new applications Development efforts in the field to meet the needs of consumption upgrades.

· In terms of new chemical materials, carry out research on high-end polyolefins, high-performance engineering plastics, high-performance film materials, degradable plastics, electronic chemicals and other products, providing key points for strategic emerging industries such as new energy, new infrastructure, and high-end equipment manufacturing Material support. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, focus on promoting the research and development of POE complete sets of engineering technology, the industrialization process of nylon 12, the development of high-refractive, bio-based and other special PC manufacturing technologies, the research on the trinity of key raw materials, technology and performance of degradable plastics, and high-end separation membrane materials Key technology research, the implementation of large-scale industrialization.

· In terms of fine chemicals, develop water-based surface materials, promote the water-based process of polymer surface materials in my country in various fields such as building materials, industrial coatings, adhesives, and care, and promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries; carry out research on the utilization of biomass resources , using corn starch, biological waste and natural oils as starting materials, through chemical conversion and biological fermentation technology to prepare a variety of bio-based chemicals.

Explore a low-carbon path to achieve sustainable development

In order to implement the national "dual carbon" strategy, the "Opinions" propose to promote energy conservation and carbon reduction in key areas of the industry in an orderly manner, and to coordinate the promotion of carbon emission reduction in the industrial chain; encourage the use of cleaner production technology and equipment to transform and upgrade, and promote the "reduction of industrial waste" from the source. ”; Actively develop biochemical industry and develop eco-friendly bio-based materials. The "30.60" carbon peak carbon neutralization goal is a major national strategic decision. Under the background of the new green and low-carbon era, the chemical industry is moving to a higher level, and the upstream raw materials are cleaner, diversified, low-carbon, and clean. The production green manufacturing system will be gradually improved, and the development potential of industrial greening is huge.

Wanhua Chemical, while in-depth research on the carbon reduction route, has formulated the company's carbon reduction target, mainly taking carbon reduction measures such as the use of green electricity, waste heat reuse and coal gasification carbon recovery.

· In terms of energy conservation and carbon reduction, increase the investment and application of clean energy, deploy new energy projects such as photovoltaics and wind power, and optimize the production energy structure; The utilization of waste heat and the conversion of steam turbine to electricity will reduce the steam consumption of the park. The company is implementing a comprehensive smart energy project. Through joint development and innovative coupling of a variety of energy-saving technologies, various waste heat in production units are recycled and reused, and a demonstration project for energy conservation and emission reduction in the chemical industry is created.

· In terms of carbon dioxide and resource recycling, develop sustainable development technologies such as carbon dioxide emission reduction and utilization technology, polyurethane foam and plastic recycling technology; carry out research on methane and carbon dioxide reforming to syngas and carbon dioxide to methanol, and produce syngas in the future The application of new technologies reduces the carbon emission of the park; the comprehensive treatment of solid waste technology in rotary kiln is adopted to produce commercial-grade cement from various industrial solid wastes in the park to realize the value utilization of waste.

Wanhua Chemical will take the "Opinions" as a guide, earnestly deploy and implement, strengthen technological innovation and low-carbon development, focus on key products, optimize industrial layout, make breakthroughs in key technologies, achieve large-scale applications, continue to improve sustainable development paths, and strengthen enterprises. Core competitiveness and create a model for high-quality development in the chemical industry.