/PRZWT/On January 23, 2026, in the chemical industrial park of Huizhou Economic Development Zone in Anhui Province, the lubricant additive project of China Petroleum Lubricants Company (Kunlun Lubrication) officially broke ground. This is not only an expansion of production capacity, but also a crucial step for China Petroleum to optimize its industrial layout in the future. It is a landmark measure for implementing national strategies and laying a solid foundation for the independent control of the entire industrial chain of high-end lubricant materials. The project has a total investment of approximately 660 million yuan and covers an area of 213 acres. After completion, it will become a large-scale, intelligent, standardized and large-scale research and production base for high-end lubricant additive materials in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Optimize layout: Place bets in East China, activate regional collaborative innovation
The lubrication industry layout of China National Petroleum Corporation has always been closely integrated with the national regional development strategies. This time, choosing Suzhou, Anhui Province for the location has profound strategic significance. The project is located in the heartland of East China, connecting the east and the west, and linking the north and the south. It enjoys significant geographical advantages. This move not only can efficiently radiate the largest and most dynamic automotive and high-end manufacturing cluster in China - the Yangtze River Delta, but also can meet market demands nearby and reduce supply chain costs. Moreover, it is an expansion of China National Petroleum Corporation's lubrication business strategy "southern expansion", and fills the gap in its independent production capacity of high-end additives in the eastern region.
By establishing this high-end manufacturing project in Suzhou, China National Petroleum Corporation has achieved close service and rapid response to the market in the Yangtze River Delta region. After the project is completed, it will form a strategic layout of north-south collaboration and complementary advantages with the existing production bases in the north, significantly enhancing the resilience of the supply chain. At the same time, deeply integrating into the development of the Yangtze River Delta region is conducive to gathering high-quality scientific research and talent resources in the area, forming a "research + manufacturing" linkage effect, injecting continuous innovation momentum into the industrial chain, and promoting the transformation of industrial layout from geographical extension to technological upgrading and comprehensive improvement of market competitiveness.
Independent breakthrough: Overcome key links, strengthen industrial chain security
Lubricating oil is often referred to as the "blood" of industrial equipment, while additives are the "key chips" that determine its performance. They are highly technical and have high added value. For a long time, the high-end additive market and technology have been mainly dominated by a few international giants, which is a crucial part of China's lubrication industry chain. The commencement of construction of the Suzhou project is precisely aimed at achieving an independent breakthrough in this core link.
The project plans to produce nearly 30,000 tons of high-end products annually, including key metal cleaners and synthetic esters. These products based on independent core technologies have been industrialized, marking that China National Petroleum Corporation has gradually broken away from reliance on foreign technologies and products in the core functional materials of lubricants, firmly holding the technological autonomy in its own hands. This is an important progress in the process of China's full-chain self-control from base oil, additives to finished lubricants. It not only ensures the supply security and performance leadership of China National Petroleum Corporation's own high-end lubricants, but also provides reliable and independently supply lubrication solutions for strategic industries such as downstream high-end equipment manufacturing and new energy vehicles, contributing to the security of the national industrial chain and supply chain.
Benchmark Leading: Integrating Green and Intelligence, Defining the New Future of the Industry
Since its inception, the Suzhou project has been committed to breaking through traditional models and setting a new benchmark for industry development. The core design concept of the project closely adheres to "green and low-carbon" and "near-zero emissions". The overall electrification rate will exceed 60%, and it plans to achieve the goal of near-zero wastewater emissions for the first time in the additive production field. This is not only to meet environmental protection regulations, but also to implement the national "dual carbon" strategy with an advanced perspective and lead the industry towards green and sustainable development.
Meanwhile, the concept of "digitalization" runs through the entire process of project construction and operation. By deeply integrating advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things and big data, an intelligent factory is created to achieve precise control, efficiency improvement, and quality stability in the production process. This integration of "greening" and "intelligence" aims to build a replicable and promotable industry demonstration project, and promote the overall green, intelligent, and large-scale high-quality development of China's lubricant additive industry, enhancing China's industrial international competitiveness.
Government-Enterprise Collaboration: Uniting Forces to Build a Model of Development Together
The smooth progress of the project is inseparable from the high attention and strong support of the Suizhou Municipal Committee and Municipal Government. On the day of the project's commencement, Suizhou Municipal Party Secretary Wang Qingwu led a team to visit the project site. On the spot, it was proposed to establish a "one-on-one" assistance mechanism to address the actual problems encountered during the construction process. At the same time, great care was taken to concern the medical care, children's education and other logistical support matters of the project employees. This fully demonstrated the local government's determination and sincerity in optimizing the business environment and serving the development of enterprises. China National Petroleum Corporation stated that it will fully accelerate the project's construction progress to ensure its early commissioning and effectiveness, injecting new momentum into local industrial upgrading and economic high-quality development. This deep-level collaboration between the government and enterprises has laid a solid foundation for the successful implementation of the project and has also become a vivid example of national strategic projects resonating with local economic development and achieving win-win cooperation.
The commencement of the lubricant additive project in Suzhou by China National Petroleum Corporation represents a coordinated advancement of industrial layout optimization, core technology breakthroughs, and green intelligent transformation. This is not merely the construction of a production base; it is also a strategic declaration by China National Petroleum Corporation to improve the entire industrial chain of high-end lubricants and strengthen its independent control. As the project is completed and put into operation in the future, China National Petroleum Corporation's lubricant industry layout will become more complete, its core competitiveness will be further enhanced, and it will undoubtedly provide more powerful support for safeguarding the security of key industrial chains in the country and promoting the high-end development of the manufacturing industry. In the process of China moving from a manufacturing giant to a manufacturing power, this project will leave a solid mark.
