national level CIP · Nanjing, Jiangsu

Nanjing Jiangbei New Materials Technology Park

南京江北新材料科技园

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NJNMTP (formerly Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park, restructured and renamed 2018) is the home of BASF-YPC, the largest single foreign investment in Chinese petrochemicals at the time of announcement. The park's positioning shifted from commodity petchem to "new materials" and specialty chemicals over 2018-2024, prioritising electronic chemicals, biopharmaceutical intermediates, and engineering polymer specialties over commodity polyolefins. Yangtze inland-port access is the geographic advantage ; barge transport down the Yangtze to Shanghai / Yangshan for export, or upriver to Wuhan / Chongqing markets. Watch Jiangsu provincial environmental policy: 2019 Xiangshui chemical-park explosion triggered Jiangsu-wide chemical-park rationalisation that reduced provincial chemical-park count from 49 to 29; surviving parks faced tighter MEE inspection cycles.

Park profile

Location Nanjing, Jiangsu (Liuhe (Yangtze north bank, Jiangbei New Area))
Area 45 km²
Founded 2001
Government tier National Level chemical industrial park
Annual industrial output ~CNY 150 bn (2023)
Nearest port Nanjing Port (Yangtze inland, river-sea transhipment) (8 km)
Nearest airport Nanjing Lukou International Airport
Rail access Direct rail to Yangzi, Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line, Yangzi-bank freight

Dominant industry segments

  • New materials
  • Specialty chemicals
  • Polyurethanes
  • Fine chemicals
  • Electronic chemicals

Major tenants

The largest chemical companies running production lines in the park.

Tenant What they make at this site
Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical 扬子石化 Refining, olefins, aromatics, PE, PP, PTA, polyester
BASF-YPC (50:50 joint venture) 扬子石化-巴斯夫 Integrated petrochemical complex ; ethylene, oxo-derivatives, EOEG, syndromic intermediates. Largest single foreign investment in Chinese chemical sector at announcement (~USD 4 bn).
CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals (CSPC) ; minor presence 中海壳牌 Joint operational arrangement for downstream products
Air Products 空气化工产品 Industrial gases on-site, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
Wanhua Chemical (Nanjing) 万华化学南京 Polyurethane derivatives, MDI components
Yantai Wanhua / DragonChem 烟台万华 Specialty polyurethane systems and MDI processing

Best fit for sourcing

The product categories where this park is the right answer to "where do I source this?"

  • Specialty and fine chemicals
  • Polyurethane derivatives and systems
  • New materials (electronic chemicals, advanced polymers)
  • BASF-YPC complex products (oxo-alcohols, EO/EG derivatives)
  • River-port-discharge bulk shipments to Shanghai

Regulatory tier and incentives

National-level CIP tier, Jiangbei New Area state-level innovation zone designation (since 2015), R&D tax incentives, technology-transfer customs duty reductions

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