in the Qixia District of Nanjing, China killed at least 12 people and seriously injured 15 more. An oil pipeline explosion on Friday, 22 November 2013, in Qingdao, Shandong province killed at least 62 people, injuring 136, and displacing hundreds more after oil previously leaking onto a street during the day ignited. Renewable Energies In November 2021, construction of a green hydrogen plant in Kuqa city began. The cost of the construction is to amount to 3 billion yuan (US$470 million), and the plant will provide an annual production of 20,000 tons which will be supplied to Sinopec's Tahe refinery and production is to begin by June 2023. Also included in the plans are a storage tank as well as a pipeline network. The project will also be powered by a 1000-megawatt solar power station. December 2022 a Project for the annual green hydrogen production, for the cost of 20.5 billion yuan ($2.9 billion), in Ulanqab in central Inner Mongolia, targeting of 100,000 tons of production per year, was confirmed by the Inner Mongolia energy bureau. Electricity supply will derive from a wind farm of 1.7 gigawatts (GW) and a solar farm of 804 megawatts (MW). The idea is using a pipeline transferring the hydrogen to Sinopec’s Beijing Yanshan petrochemical complex. Construction on the Ulanqab project is slated to start construction in December 2023, with completion scheduled for June 2027. The other proposal approved last week by inner Mongolia is a 3-billion-yuan ($430 million) project to be sited in the Uxin region of Ordos city. In Ordos city, inner Mongolia, 430Mio $ are be invested in a 400MW windfarm, for the production of 20,000 tons of green hydrogen per year. The first phase of construction started by the end of 2022. Scandals The former head of the companies board of directors Chen Tonghai was sentenced to death in July 2009 after beeing accused of corruption. He was relieved of post in 2007. Awards 25th Forbes Global 2000 (2017) See also Chemical industry in China References External links Company website Company website Companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Companies in the CSI 100 Index Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange Oil companies of China Government-owned companies of China Ch Chinese brands Companies in the Hang Seng Index H shares Chinese companies established