national level CIP · Lianyungang, Jiangsu

Lianyungang Xuwei Petrochemical Industrial Base

连云港徐圩石化产业基地

Know what the park makes, who runs the lines, and how the cargo gets to the port.

Lianyungang Xuwei Petrochemical Base is the newest of the major eastern coastal petrochemical hubs, anchored by Shenghong Refining's 16 Mt/yr crude refinery commissioned in 2022 (one of the largest single-investment petchem projects in Chinese history). The Shenghong-led integrated complex combines refining, 1.1 Mt/yr ethylene cracker, polyolefin, PX, PTA, and polyester staple-fibre and filament in a single-site chain that mirrors the Hengli Changxing Island Dalian model. Lianyungang's strategic positioning matters because of two factors. First, the port is the eastern terminus of the New Eurasian Land Bridge (the Lianyungang-Lanzhou-Khorgos-Almaty rail corridor that carries chemicals to Central Asia, Russia, and Europe), which gives Shenghong-sourced products a unique rail-bridge advantage versus other Jiangsu petchem parks. Second, Jiangsu province's post-Xiangshui (2019 chemical-park explosion) regulatory tightening rationalised the provincial chemical-park count from 49 to 29; Lianyungang Xuwei survived as a "consolidated future-growth" designation, while many smaller Jiangsu parks were closed. Watch the Shenghong polyester chain integration: when Shenghong PTA cuts feed-cost on its captive PET fibre, the merchant PTA market in eastern China shifts pricing.

Park profile

Location Lianyungang, Jiangsu (Xuwei New Area)
Area 150 km²
Founded 2010
Government tier National Level chemical industrial park
Annual industrial output ~CNY 180 bn (2023)
Nearest port Lianyungang Port (deep-water 300,000 DWT capability; the eastern terminus of the New Eurasian Land Bridge) (5 km)
Nearest airport Lianyungang Baitabu International Airport
Rail access Lianyungang-Lanzhou-Khorgos rail (the New Eurasian Land Bridge eastern terminus), Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line connection

Dominant industry segments

  • Refining (Shenghong 16 Mt/yr)
  • Olefins (1.1 Mt/yr ethylene)
  • Polyolefins
  • Aromatics (PX, PTA)
  • Polyester chain

Major tenants

The largest chemical companies running production lines in the park.

Tenant What they make at this site
Shenghong Refining 盛虹炼化 16 Mt/yr crude refinery plus 1.1 Mt/yr ethylene cracker, integrated complex commissioned 2022 ; one of the largest single-investment petchem projects in Chinese history.
Hengli Petrochemical (Lianyungang operations) 恒力石化连云港 Polyester chain extension, PTA processing
Sinopec Lianyungang 连云港石化 Smaller refining presence, lubricants
CNOOC Lianyungang Refining (planned) 中海油连云港炼化 Future refining complex, planning phase
Shenghong Group Polyester 盛虹聚酯 PTA, MEG, polyester staple fibre and filament integrated downstream chain

Best fit for sourcing

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

  • Refining and integrated petchem (Shenghong 16 Mt/yr complex, the new eastern-anchor)
  • Aromatics, PX, PTA, polyester chain
  • Polyethylene and polypropylene grades for North-China and inland markets
  • Lianyungang-Khorgos rail-bridge bulk exports to Central Asia and Russia
  • Jiangsu-province-rationalised consolidated petchem capacity

Regulatory tier and incentives

National-level CIP tier, Lianyungang Free Trade Zone designation, Jiangsu coastal-economic-belt preferential treatment, Belt-and-Road eastern terminus rail-bridge investment incentives

Where to read next

For the full sourcing chain on the products this park supplies, see purified terephthalic acid hub and monoethylene glycol hub .

For a broader view of every Chinese chemical park covered on Sourzi, see the chemical park atlas index.

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