Plans afoot to enhance innovation at BASF plant

Confident outlook: Brudermuller at a strategy retreat meeting in Heidelberg, western Germany. The chemical company’s chairman says BASF has always been optimistic about Guangdong and investing in the province. — AFP

GUANGZHOU: South China’s Guangdong province is expecting to advance cooperation with German chemical giant BASF to promote technological innovation and accelerate productivity to build a world-class industry cluster in the coming years.

Wang Weizhong, governor of Guangdong, said China is the world’s largest chemical market, and Guangdong is an important petrochemical base in the country, while BASF is a global leader in the chemical industry.