Abstract
Chinese authorities are tightening controls on chemical shipping ahead of a big Communist Party meeting that takes place next month in Beijing. The new measures will add to the pressure that chemical and pharmaceutical producers have faced in China throughout 2017. Authorities in the coastal province of Jiangsu, home to the city of Nanjing, have ordered companies to suspend the shipment of chemicals considered dangerous in the second half of October. At that time, Beijing will host the National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a key meeting held every five years during which the country’s new leaders are selected. The Jiangsu order will affect producers in major chemical industry parks such as Zhangjiagang, where several foreign companies have manufacturing plants. Salmon Lee, an analyst at the petrochemical consulting firm PCI Wood McKenzie, says the order is already being felt. ”This has led to confusion among chemical and logistics
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