The 2008 Top 100 Chinese Companies' Self-Innovation Review and Release Conference and the Chinese Companies' Development and Self-Innovation Summit were held on July 11th and 12th in Beijing. ChemChina was near the top of the list, at 3rd place, with an innovation index of 9.58. Approved by the Development Research Center under the State Council, the annual review is an itative platform for the evaluation of the successes in self-innovation of Chinese companies.
ChemChina grabbed a top prize this year thanks to its continuous innovation in products, services and technologies. As the largest chemical producer in the country, ChemChina ranks 28th among the top 500 Chinese companies and 19th among the global chemical giants. The company is ranked 4th in terms of patent ownerships and 12th in overall scientific innovation strength among all the primary state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
ChemChina owns 25 state-level R&D institutes and eight state-level engineering (technology) research centers, a national key laboratory for the comprehensive utilization of industrial waste gases as well as a national technology popularization center for PSA (pressure swing adsorption). In addition, the company has to its name five enterprise-based technology centers ized by the state and four state-level quality monitoring and inspection centers. Based on such technological strength, ChemChina has successfully completed a large number of key scientific and technological programs, and developed hi-tech products with independent IPRs and proprietary technologies. ChemChina commands a dominant position in dozens of technologies and fields including organic silicone, fluorine, engineering plastics, methionine, PSA, etc.
In addition, ChemChina sees energy conservation and emission reduction as keys to enhanced competitiveness and was the first chemical company in China to adopt the zero-emission strategy. Last year alone, the company completed several waste water treatment pilot projects such as a PVC mother liquid waste water treatment and recycling program and an oil waste water treatment and recycling program.