Zhanjiang eyes development of green industries
China DailyIndustrialization, eco-friendliness and digitalization processes highlighted Zhanjiang-based Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical reported an output value of 80.6 billion yuan in 2021, bringing the total output value of the local green petrochemical industrial cluster to over 100 billion yuan-the first industrial cluster in the city to reach the milestone. Zhanjiang, a port city in the southern province of Guangdong, boasts the Donghai Island Petrochemical Industrial Park and major players in the petrochemical sector including China National Offshore Oil Corporation and the BASF Group. Zhanjiang made steady progress in the aspects in 2021, when the city's industrial parks generated a combined output value of 220 billion yuan, according to local officials. In 2021, the first phase of a Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical integration project reached its design capacity, and the third blast furnace system at the Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron and Steel went into operation.