[More than 110 billion yuan of chemical projects will be landed in Sichuan] 2024 China Industrial Transfer Development Docking Activity (Sichuan) Materials and chemical industry special docking activity was held in Chengdu on the afternoon of the 31st. In the on-site signing process, a total of 47 industrial projects in the field of materials and chemicals such as high-purity titanium, photovoltaic, and lithium electricity were signed and landed, with a signed amount of 110.5 billion yuan. In the on-site contracted projects, Sichuan University and Tsinghua Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute "source - net - charge - storage - use" hydrogen production innovation demonstration project, Sichuan University high performance transparent polyimide film and other scientific and technological achievements to achieve industrialization will break foreign technology monopoly; Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology signed strategic cooperation agreements with China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association and China Petrochemical Association. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Bank of Communications and the Export-Import Bank of China granted credit of nearly 10 billion yuan to Sichuan material and chemical enterprises. The "Sichuan Province Materials and Chemical industry chain Supply Chain Cooperation List" was released at the scene, including 242 upstream and downstream enterprises in the industry chain of materials and chemical industry chain supply chain cooperation list 479, with a total supply and demand amount of more than 300 billion yuan. It is understood that the event will focus on promoting the further deepening of cooperation between Sichuan and the eastern developed regions, and promote Sichuan to accelerate the creation of a material and chemical industry highland with characteristics and advantages and global influence. At the meeting, Sichuan strives to achieve a material chemical industry scale of more than 3.8 trillion yuan by 2027. Editor/Xu Shengpeng

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