On the morning of the first day of 2006, despite the mild rain and chilly wind, over 10,000 Nanjing residents enthusiastically attended the 24th Nanjing New Year Long-distance Running held animatedly in Wutaishan Stadium. Sponsored by Nanjing Municipal Sports Bureau, the activity was aimed to promote the idea of developing sports activities to construct harmonious Nanjing, as well as fueli...

Initiated by the Central China TV Station (CCTV), mainstream media from major cities in China including Shanghai, Nanjing and Chengdu, have been involved in voting the Best Employer in China since September 2005. Jinling Evening Post is the sponsor for voting the Top Ten Best Employers in Nanjing Municipality. This is the first time that local residents in each city have voted for the Best Em...

The Company's Administration Building was put into use on August 15, 2005, as the result of the joint efforts of all the departments of the Company and the design and construction contractors. The Administration Building is located to the east of the Qilin Square in Yangzi-Riparian Industrial Development Zone in the adjacency of YPC Headquarters, YPC Engineering Company and YPC Marketing D...

BASF-YPC Company Limited, a 50-50 joint venture between BASF and SINOPEC, has successfully started commercial production at a steam cracker as well as nine downstream plants at its Nanjing site in China as planned. The 220-hectare site will produce 1.7 million metric tons of high-quality chemicals and polymers per year for the rapidly growing Chinese market. A total of $2.9 billion has been inv...

On June 18th, 2005, Mr. Ma Kai, Director of National Development and Reform Commission, inspected BASF-YPC Company Limited, accompanied by Mr. Dai Houliang, BOD Chairman of the Company, and Dr. Blumenberg, President of the Company.In the Central Control Room of the Basic Chemicals Complex Plant, Mr. Dai Houliang and Dr. Blumenberg introduced to Mr. Ma Kai the production capacities of the Comp...

On May 28, 2005, the Company invited sixty pupils with badly off families from Dongwang Primary School, Gouwang Primary School and Binjiang Primary School in Luhe District to attend the activity called "BASF-YPC Company Limited in My Eyes" to celebrate the forthcoming Children's Day.Led by the Company's staff, these innocent and naive kids visited the plants, the central control room of BCC...