January 1

More than one hundred employees attended the 28th Nanjing New Year Long-distance Running and the Company was awarded "The Best Organized Team" and "The Meritorious Entity".

January 29

Over one thousand and four hundred employees attended 2009 Annual Meeting held in Nanjing International Exhibition Center.

January 29

The one millionth ton Acrylic product was sold.

April 9

Dr. Norbert Rǎttgen, Germany's Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, visited the Company.

April 29-30

The 19th BOD Meeting of the Company was held in Nanjing.

April 15-June 16

The first Site Turnaround of the Company since its Commercial Operation in 2005.

May 18

Financing Signing Ceremony of the Expansion Project was held in Nanjing.

August 30

Mr. Xu Ming, Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province, visited the Company.

September 1

Yangzi-BASF Styrenics Company Limited was incorporated into BASF-YPC Company Limited.

October 25-26

The 20th BOD Meeting of the Company was held in Dresden.

December 17

BASF and SINOPEC signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly explore the further expansion of BASF-YPC Company Limited. The new projects under consideration will extend the C3 and C4 value chains with investments collectively total approximately USD 1 billion.

December 18

The 10th Anniversary of the Company was held in Nanjing.