At a glance
BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. With larger production sites in Shanghai, Nanjing and Chongqing, BASF is a major foreign investor in the country’s chemical industry, and operates the Innovation Campus Shanghai, a global and regional research and development hub. BASF posted sales of approximately €121 billion in 2021 to customers in Greater China and employed 11,070 people as of the end of the year. Greater China is currently BASF’s second largest market after the United States.
BASF major sites in Greater China
Shanghai Pudong Innovation Park
Nanjing Verbund site
Shanghai Caojing site
Nanjing Site
Chongqing site
Zhanjiang Verbund site (under construction)
1 Sales of BASF Group companies in the scope of consolidation. Sales of joint ventures and associated companies with BASF’s investment of between 20% and 50% in general which are consolidated at equity (e.g.BASF-YPC Company Limited) are not included.