The Role of Government in the Chemical Industry is Central to the Development, and...

The Role of Government in the Chemical Industry is Central to the Development, and Future Use of, Renewable Feedstocks in China

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89152) has announced the
addition of The Development and Use of Renewable Feedstocks in the
Chinese Chemical Industry to their offering.

The aim of this report by He-Ro Consulting Ltd., is to provide a
clear understanding of the situation in China regarding the use of
renewable feedstocks in the Chemical Industry, the factors leading to
their introduction; usage today; and possible future developments.

The 162 page report is broadly divided into three main sections:

In Section 1 we look at the Chinese government: the key role it
has taken in initiating the developments in the bio-resources area;
the process by which relevant central guidelines contained in the 5
Year Plans are transmitted via the various layers of the government
apparatus, and refined into concrete action plans with clearly defined
goals and timelines for academia and the chemical industry.

We look at the specifics of government policy, for example the
"2008 - 2009 biobase raw material high-tech industrialization project"
announced by the National Reform and Development Commission on 11
December 2007. This calls specifically for biobase development - under
detailed specified conditions - of polylactic acid (PLA),
bio-ethylene, poly-hydroxy fatty acid esters, cellulose derivatives or
monomer materials like 1,3-propanediol (PDO) Butane-1,4-diol (BDO),
furfural etc.

We show how the role of government in the chemical industry is
central to the development, and future use of, renewable feedstocks.

In Section 2 we look at the role of academia in research and
development, and examine the patent situation. While more companies
are now investing in in-house R&D, a glance at the registered patents
(included in full summary in the appendix) shows that few belong in
the hands of manufacturing industry. Thus while primary research and,
perhaps increasingly, initial market development is still largely the
purlieu of academia, industrialized development lays takes place in
the industrial sector..

In Section 3 we examine the actual situation in the Chinese
chemical industry. While Bio-fuels is the largest sector within the
renewable feedstocks group, by volume, value, and 'visibility', it has
been the subject of widespread analysis. Accordingly, we cover this
sector in brief, principally in how it has influenced government
policy in the feedstock use issue of food vs energy/chemicals.
Likewise, China has a very firmly established fermentation sector in
the chemical industry and this report does not cover products such as
Citric Acid, Monosodium Glutamate, Ascorbic Acid etc, where
fermentation has become the 'traditional' method of production.
Instead, in Section 3 we focus on those products identified within the
government planning as the key development items: PLA, bio-ethylene,
PHBV 1,3 propanediol etc. We provide details of the producers, routes
of synthesis, announced production capacities.

In Section 4 we summarise and draw some conclusions from the
preceding chapters in respect of possible future developments within
the industry.

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http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89152

Research and Markets
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