A bird's-eye view of the Xishan New Materials Industrial Park. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]
A specialized industrial park in Donggang town, Wuxi's Xishan district, has emerged as a major player in China's electronic chemical materials sector, with annual revenue reaching 13.87 billion yuan ($2.06 billion) last year.
The Xishan New Materials Industrial Park, the only provincial-level chemical park within Wuxi's urban area, was established in 2009 and has evolved into a specialized hub focused on critical materials for the integrated circuit industry.
The park currently houses three listed companies, one of China's top 500 private enterprises and four Chinese industry leaders in their respective niches. In the first half of this year, park enterprises posted revenue growth of 21.3 percent year-on-year, with profits surging 59.3 percent.
Key products from park tenants, including expandable polystyrene, highly dispersed silica, fatty amines and specialty vinyl chloride copolymers, hold leading positions in global niche markets.
"We are not pursuing a broad, all-encompassing approach," a park official said. "We are dedicating our scarce park space to the material segments most urgently needed by the IC industry".
The park has also earned national recognition, ranking among just 44 smart chemical parks nationwide and securing the city's first national pilot for clean production audits. Since its founding, Donggang town has invested over 1.6 billion yuan in infrastructure, safety management and environmental protection.
At the park's command center, a wall-sized electronic display shows real-time data on enterprises' discharges, hazardous chemical vehicle movements, fire suppression system status and air quality monitoring. The platform incorporates AI-powered analytics that automatically flag anomalies in emission data.
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