China's Largest Refining and Chemical Integration Project is Completed and Starts Operation on Sept 21, 2009

China's largest refining and chemical integration project is completed and starts operation on Sept 21, 2009. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

China's largest refining and chemical integration project is completed and starts operation on Sept 21, 2009

The 10 million-ton level oil refining and one million-ton level ethylene project of China National Petroleum Corporation's Dushanzi Petroleum and Chemical Company was completed and started operation on Sept 21, 2009.

It was China's largest refining and chemical integration project and an icon of the country's Development of the Western Regions strategy.

It was also a major component of the energy cooperation between China and Kazakhstan.

The world's most advanced technology was adopted in the ethylene project and such output was the largest and the first in China at that time.

The project contributed to the implementation of the Development of the Western Regions strategy, guaranteed national energy security and promoted continuous, rapid, sound and coordinated development of the national economy.

Located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the project also contributed to the region's economic and social development and national unity as well as stability of the border area.

In addition, the completion of the project was significant to the structural adjustment of China's petroleum and petrochemical industry and improved the country's international competitiveness.

Fuxing (Rejuvenation) bullet trains enter service at 350 kilometers per hour on Sept 21, 2017

The Fuxing (Rejuvenation) bullet trains started operation at 350 kilometers per hour on Sept 21, 2017, shortening the travel time between Beijing and Shanghai to four and a half hours.

The Fuxing bullet trains were developed by CRRC Corporation Limited and have complete independent intellectual property rights.

It was the world's fastest high-speed train at that time.

The trains boast complete technical standards featuring reasonable structure and advanced technologies.

The trains reached an internationally leading level in more than 10 aspects such as the car body, running gears, layout and equipment of the driver's cabinet, traction electric system, braking and air supply mechanism, train internet standards, and maintenance.

(Executive editor: Zhang Tianyuan)