Beiyuan Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement for the establishment of an academician workstation with the People's Government of Yulin City and Academician Lv Jian of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

Recently, at the 10th Silk Road International Expo and the China-West Cooperation and Investment Trade Fair, Beiyuan Group officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement for the establishment of an academician workstation with the People's Government of Yulin City and Academician Lv Jian of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. According to the agreement, the three parties will fully leverage the energy and chemical industry foundation advantages of Yulin City, Academician Lv Jian's core technological advantages in fluorine-nitrogen chemical new materials, and Beiyuan Group's leading position in the chlor-alkali industry and its full industrial chain supporting service capabilities to establish an academician workstation at Beiyuan Group. The focus will be on the incubation and technological development of fluorine-containing chemical pilot projects, concentrating on cooperation in key areas such as new materials, promoting industry, talent cultivation, and the industrialization of scientific research achievements. This signing is not merely a simple cooperation between industry, academia, and research, but an important measure to promote the high-end and refined transformation and development of China's chlor-alkali chemical industry against the backdrop of implementing the national innovation-driven development strategy. Beiyuan Group actively introduces top-tier scientific research resources at the academician level, sending a strong signal for traditional chemical enterprises to advance industrial innovation and upgrading. The national key laboratory established by Academician Lv Jian is at the international advanced level in environmentally friendly fluorinated hydrocarbons, fluorine-containing new materials, polyamines, and their catalytic synthesis process technologies. The platform advantages of the academician workstation will become an important exploration for Beiyuan Group's industrial chain extension and industry development. As stated by Shi Yanyong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Beiyuan Group, the cooperation in establishing the academician workstation will have the opportunity to gather high-end technology and talent resources from within the country, providing further support for the company's strategic planning and industrial transformation and upgrading. According to data, Beiyuan Group is one of the first enterprises in Shaanxi Province selected for the State Council's state-owned enterprise reform "Double Hundred Action," with its main business covering the production and sales of products such as polyvinyl chloride and caustic soda. The company is located in the Shenfu area, which is rich in coal and raw salt resources, with sufficient upstream supply of lanthanum and calcium carbide. Compared to other calcium carbide-based polyvinyl chloride enterprises, Beiyuan Group has a significant locational advantage. Based on this locational advantage, Beiyuan Group has built a solid competitive barrier. The company has established an integrated green circular economy industrial chain of "coal-salt-power-calcium carbide-chlor-alkali chemical-industrial waste comprehensive utilization for cement production," continuously optimizing operational costs and solidifying its cost moat through outstanding scale and synergy advantages. By 2025, the company plans to fully integrate industrial chain resources, ensuring that core facilities maintain high loads and stable operations through coordinated production and sales and lean operational management. A solid industrial foundation also endows Beiyuan Group with strong operational resilience. By 2025, the domestic chlor-alkali chemical industry will be at the bottom of the cycle, with prices of PVC, caustic soda, and other products continuing to operate at low levels, supply-demand mismatch issues not yet alleviated, fierce market competition, and squeezed profit margins. Against this backdrop, Beiyuan Group achieved operating revenue of 8.938 billion yuan, with a net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company reaching 108 million yuan. In the face of an overall pressured industry environment, Beiyuan Group has maintained a stable dividend tradition. For the fiscal year 2025, the company plans to distribute a total cash dividend of approximately 199 million yuan to all shareholders, reflecting the company's emphasis on shareholder returns and confidence in its own development. In addition, the net cash flow generated from the company's operating activities is sufficient, maintaining a sound financial condition and good asset structure, providing ample financial space for future transformation and industrial extension The establishment of the academician workstation marks a substantial step for Beiyuan Group in officially entering the fluorochemical field, relying on its existing circular economy industrial chain and solid financial foundation. By introducing the technical advantages of Academician Lü Jian's team in the field of fluorine-containing new materials, the company is expected to accelerate the industrial coupling of chlor-alkali and fluorochemistry, promote the incubation and transformation of fluorine-containing pilot projects, thereby cultivating new growth points against the backdrop of cyclical fluctuations in the traditional chlor-alkali industry. This cooperation is not only a key measure for Beiyuan Group to enhance the added value of its industrial chain and achieve the transformation from basic chemicals to fine chemicals and new materials, but also provides beneficial exploration for Yulin City to promote the high-end development of the energy and chemical industry