Baiyin, Gansu province will set up the national polyurethane Engineering Technology Research Center, and it is expected to complete the project declaration in August.

The center is jointly organized by the Baiyin science and Technology Bureau, the school of chemical engineering of Lanzhou University of Technology and the Gansu silver silver silver Chemical Co., Ltd.

The three party will further strengthen cooperation and expand cooperation areas on the basis of original cooperation projects.

Polyurethane is an organic polymer material, known as "the fifth largest plastic", widely used in synthetic leather, light industry, chemical industry, electronics, textile, medical, building, building materials, automobile, national defense, aviation and other fields.

At present, the world's total demand for polyurethane is about 8000000 tons, and the average annual growth rate of demand has remained at around 7%.

In 2001, the output of polyurethane in China has reached 1 million tons, and the growth rate has been above 10% in recent years.