On 12 Nov., 2014, Vertellus Specialty Chemicals (Nantong) Co., Ltd.(Nantong Vertellus), a large chemical production enterprise mainly engaged in the production of raw materials for pharmaceutical, personal care, nutrition, agricultural chemicals, etc., held start-up ceremony for its new 5,000t/a nicotinamide production line in Nantong City.

According to te public information released by Shandong Environmental Protection Bureau (the Bureau) in Oct. 2014, Shandong Yixing Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Shandong Yixing) plans to construct one imazethapyr production line (including imazameth) and one imazamox production line.

On 10 October, 2014, the Bureau of Environmental Protection of Binzhou City (Shandong Province) published a post-report on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the relocation project of Shandong Qiaochang Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shandong Qiaochang).