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ISSUE 92

November 15th, 2011

Bluestar (Beijing) Signs Contract with Asahi-KASEI

October 24, Bluestar (Beijing) Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd (BCMC) signed a contract with Asahi-KASEI in Tokyo whereby the two parties will establish

a joint venture for the ion membrane electrolyzer market development, both in China and abroad. Back in June 1984, the two companies signed a contract to bring Japanese technology to China for manufacturing bipolar ion membrane electrolysis technology. Then on October 15, 2002, they announced technical cooperation on a high-current density natural circulation tank. The new partnership will provide technically advanced and well-serviced chlor-alkali products of consistent quality to both Chinese and foreign customers by leveraging the advanced Japanese technology and the manufacturing and service capabilities of BCMC.

A "Win-Win" for all Parties--Contracted Energy Management in Shanghai POM Energy Conservation & Technical Renovation Project

Last year, Bluestar establ ished Bei j ing Bluestar Energy Conservation Investment Management Co., Ltd to provide a full range of energy-saving services

for Bluestar companies based on a contracted energy management model, using the advanced energy conservation technology and equipment of Bluestar Beijing. Contracted energy management is a new type of market-driven energy saving mechanism, an energy-saving investment practice that involves recouping all costs of energy-saving projects by the reduced energy costs. Clients upgrade their processes and equipment using future energy savings to reduce current operating costs. The energy conservation company provides its clients with a wide range of services – project financing, design, material and equipment procurement, construction, monitoring, training and operation management – with the financial and technical risks of the project on the shoulders of the service

provider. Contracted energy management is a triple-win model wherein the energy conservation company invests and provides services. Over the past year, although still in an initial stage, the company has made remarkable achievements. Take the energy-saving technical renovation project in a 40,000 t/a POM unit in Shanghai as an example. The project team completed five process-reengineering tasks with the investment of 22.89 million Yuan from Bluestar Energy Conservation Investment Management Co., Ltd. According to the data verified by the third-party energy savings assessor designated by Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, the immediate financial benefits from energy savings achieved by the project reached 23.4 million Yuan/a, so the investment can be recovered within one year. The project was rewarded with 5.9827 million Yuan by the government.

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Changsha Institute Wins Bid for Xiang River Pollution Control Project

At the public bidding held for two components of a Xiang River water pollution control project involving the Leiping mining area at Guiyang and Qibaoshan

town of Liuyang City in Hunan province at the end of September, China Bluestar Changsha Design and Research Institute prevailed over numerous domestic competitors by proposing the best technical plan and achieving the highest overall rating. This is the first time Hunan’s provincial government has contracted outside services for heavy-metal pollution control along the Xiang River on an EPC basis, and it is the first successful bid for an EPC turn-key project

ever made by the tailings-engineering specialists of the institute with respect to heavy-metal pollution control. Now the institute has joined in on the effort to control heavy-metal pollution along the Xiang River. It is said that the Xiang River Heavy-metal Pollution Control Plan is the first pilot heavy metal pollution control plan ever approved by the national State Council. The plan comprises 927 projects, involves a total investment of 59.5 billion Yuan. It not only spans 2011 to 2015 but looks forward to 2020 as well. The aim is to resolve the Xiang River’s heavy metal pollution problem within 5 or 10 years.

Toray Bluestar Launches New Product

Recently, at the 2011 Water Expo & International Membrane and Water Treatment Exhibition held

at China National Convention Center, Toray Bluestar Membrane Co., Ltd unveiled a new-generation chemical-durable RO membrane--ToughTM. This product immediately drew great attention from the industry. Introduction of the ToughTM membrane signals several performance breakthroughs. Its desalinization rate and water output are both the highest in the industry. Moreover, it withstands exceptionally well the chemicals that are necessary for repeated cleanings over a long period of use. The membrane also appears to be uncommonly resilient under organic and bio-contamination conditions. For instance, by tolerating trace amounts of chlorine residue, it creates a much easier and simpler operating environment for users of a full membrane system. The ToughTM membrane is creatively packaged to ensure the membrane elements can sustain the highest performance, even when used after prolonged storage. In addit ion, due to the use of special nanotechnology in fabricating the membrane, ToughTM membrane elements reflect faint red from their end faces. The ToughTM membrane, with its superior and stable product performance and state-of-the-art fabrication technique, will lead water treatment into a new era of "red membranes".

During the "Q4 al l-out effort" drive,

Shenyang Paraffin Chemical advocates

fine management, integrates efforts from

all departments and pays close attention

to raw material incoming, processing and

product factory-leaving regarding aspects like

process, equipment and quality inspection,

safeguarding the completion of various

production tasks. Photo by Cui Shenxia

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Bluestar Children's World

It's Been a Long Time since My Freshman

YearWang Shirui, Shenyang Chemical Ltd.

A quiet, solitary night stirs my memory.

A familiar song playing outside, “Feeling for You Only,” takes me back to my freshman year.

So I immediately play back all of the songs I had so often listened to and sung just after getting acquainted with my roommates at my new campus in the wake of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: "Appointment," "Cherry Grass," "Little Dimple," "Till the End of the Earth," "Full of Love," "Sudden Pride" and "Fairy Tale"….

What do I feel? Awakened with tears. Back then, I bought a small 40-Yuan sound box and connected it to my MP3 player to provide the only entertainment device in the whole dorm, apart from our cell phones. We played back music and sang to the melody day to day and occasionally organized dorm-wide vocal concerts, filling our dorm with excited voices. Gradually, more entertainment devices appeared in our dorm and some of these toys turned out to be more engaging than karaoke, although the atmosphere became depressed.

Today, almost every one of my classmates has a PC at his or her disposal, an entertainment facility much more capable than anything we had three years ago. But what about happiness? Music is rarely heard. No one sings anymore. There is no place for the forgotten audio – only the long, dominant silence resides.

Back in that freshman year, a movie could spark a discussion lasting the whole night, but now such face-to-face interactions have given way to mouse clicks. Some of my roommates recall the social scene of our first year from time to time, but all of us know it is long gone. Maybe we have changed so much that even the memory of that year of songs seems so distant to us. This memoir is very short indeed, because I have little to say about such transitions in my life. It is OK to live life as I do now, but every time I think of my freshman year I am stirred by feelings of excitement deep inside.

� BlueStar Communication Chinese Editor: Jiang Bo English Editor: Ma Chao Layout: Ma Changjie

National Centre for the Performing Arts

National Centre for the Performing Arts is a dynamic new icon to the arts in the heart of old Beijing. The NCPA's ultra-modern architecture is in sharp contrast to its neighbours, the Great Hall of the People and the Tian'anmen. It is a huge silver construction with a total area of 217,500 square meters, with an underground

The 2,398-seat (SRO included) Opera House is NCPA's largest venue and boasts the most advanced staging equipment available for operas and dance dramas.

Exuding an air of serenity and refinement, the silver white Concert Hall is the venue for mainly large symphonic and national music performances. The audience can enjoy all performances from any angle. The Hall can seat an audience of 2,019, including the venue of SRO.

Among the venues at the NCPA are a host of public spaces that are designed to amaze and stimulate. Jointly known as "The Fifth Space", they include the Underwater Corridor, the Olive Hall, the Grand Foyer, exhibition halls as well as roof terrace area.

car park of 46,600 square meters. A theatrical motif can be seen in its exterior: the outer titanium shell is broken by a glass curtain, reminiscent of a rising stage curtain, widening at the bottom. Around the lake is a 39,000 m2 green belt, affording the surrounding neighborhood a highly desirable sense of serenity amid the hustle and bustle of a modern city and keeping the NCPA in a tranquil green garden.