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A fully organic coating system modified with epoxidised soybean oil showed superior corrosion protection performance.

• epoxidised
• soybean
• oil

Chinese consumers are shopping again, in a timely boost for the beleaguered economy, as they regain some semblance of normal life after unprecedented lockdowns aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic.

• cosmetics

This month, the domestic xylitol market is still in light operation, with weak downstream demand and low downstream demand due to the epidemic situation.

• xylitol

The supply is strong and the demand is weak, and the domestic corn starch market price is under pressure.

• xanthan gum

In the first quarter of this year, Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Shanghai Ocean Mountain Port, Xiamen Port, Liaogang Group, Shandong Port Group and other major coastal ports resumed production and resumed production smoothly. Port production not only returned to

• ports
• transport
• recover

Because Huazhong Pharmaceutical is located in Xiangyang, Hubei, after the outbreak of the domestic epidemic in January, Huazhong Pharmaceutical has also been in production suspension and signing phase in March.

• vitamin

Noroviruses account for a large share of foodborne illnesses caused by consumption of contaminated produce. But a team of researchers recently developed a novel method for combating them.

• COVID-19

But now the country’s economic growth is slowing, its leaders are looking to the next phase – moving from being a low-cost location for manufacturing, to an economy developing its own intellectual property-based products – including innovative medicines.

• Biopharma
• China

Gilead Sciences' remdesivir has courted high hopes as a potential treatment for COVID-19—so high, in fact, that the company previously had to shut down emergency access to the drug.

• Gilead
• remdesivir

According to a report from China Central Television ’s Voice of China “News Summit”, a few days ago, the person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce stated that the resumption of production and production of China ’s foreign trade enterprises continued t

• trade
• resume production

The emergence of new pollutants in water has prompted the scientific community to study new solutions and alternatives. According to this idea, a team of scientists from the University of Seville recently demonstrated the effectiveness of two new absorpti

• new material
• anti pollution

The domestic methanol market rose in part yesterday. Affected by the strong crude oil and favorable macro aspect, methanol futures rose.

• methanol

Yesterday, the domestic styrene market was operating at a low level, with prices falling to historical lows, supported by crude oil and pure benzene, and Sinopec's listing price of pure benzene dropped to 2600 CNY/ton.

• styrene

On March 30, 2020, the website of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision announced the results of the spot check of Shanghai industrial coating product quality supervision in 2019. This time, 40 batches of products were inspected, and all of them

• Painting&Coating
• qualified

China's pharmaceutical industry revenue steady growth. However, affected by the epidemic this year, the profits of Industrial Enterprises above designated size decreased by 38.3% year-on-year from January to February, while the profits of pharmaceutical

• pharmaceutical

The spread of social and public events, the global macroeconomic pressure, and the deep fall in oil prices due to the failure to reach a production cut agreement, the price of chemicals in the first quarter was in a downturn.

• Import
• chemical products

The COVID-19 epidemic has spread globally. Up to now, eight countries including Russia and Egypt have announced plans to initiate some grain export restrictions.

• grain
• export

Glucocorticoids are frequently a medication doctors prescribe for chronic inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and inflammatory bowel disease.

• steroid
• hormone
• COVID-19

China’s import and exports of health foods for this year will remain the same as last year or even see a slight growth despite trade disruptions caused by COVID-19, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products (CCCM

• Export
• health
• foods

In the first quarter of this year, the petrochemical industry was severely divided due to the spread of the epidemic and the plunge in oil prices. The trend of chlor-alkali, pharmaceutical intermediates and some new chemical materials is improving, and so

• chemical industry