On October 11, 2025, the Fuzhou Ecological Environment Bureau issued the “Approval Opinion on the Environmental Impact Report for the 1.5 million t/a MDI Technology-Upgrading and Capacity-Expansion Integration Project of Wanhua Chemical (Fujian) Isocyanate Co., Ltd.”, approving the project to be built at the location, in the nature and on the scale specified in the Report, and with the environmental-protection countermeasures set out therein.

The project is located on the reserved land within the existing plant area of Wanhua Chemical (Fujian) Isocyanate Co., Ltd. in the Jiangyin Port-City Economic Zone of Fuzhou. On the basis of the original 800 kt/a MDI plant, the MDI refrigerant, condensation, phosgenation and separation units will be technologically upgraded to match a 1.5 million t/a MDI capacity. Synchronous revamping and expansion of related utility and auxiliary facilities will be carried out, and reactors, towers, heat exchangers, pumps and other ancillary equipment will be procured and pre-installed. The project will add 700 kt/a MDI, 340.5 kt/a HCl and 2.6 kt/a methanol.

According to the evaluation conclusions of the Report and the technical review report (No. 2-2025-030) issued by the Fuzhou Environmental Impact Assessment Technology Centre, the project complies with the national industrial policy, meets the ecological-environment zoning-control requirements of Fujian Province and Fuzhou City, and is in line with the Fuzhou Chemical Industry Development Special Plan (2025-2030), the Jiangyin Port-City Master Plan (2018-2035) and the Industrial Development Plan for the Fuzhou Jiangyin Port-City Economic Zone as well as their respective plan-EIA requirements. Provided that all pollution-prevention and risk-prevention measures proposed in the Report are fully implemented, the project is environmentally feasible. This Bureau hereby approves the project to be constructed at the location, in the nature and on the scale specified in the Report, and with the environmental-protection countermeasures set out therein.

Source: Fuzhou Ecological Environment Bureau