Zhangjianggang Free Trade Zone Chemical Products Exchange Market (hereinafter the exchange market) was a comprehensive chemical products exchange market, which was approved in July 2002 by Jiangsu province Zhangjiagang free trade zone and formally opened in august 2002.

The market is located within Jiangsu province Zhangjiagang free trade zone, adjoining the international metropolis----shanghai to the east, joining the economic hinterland of Suzhou, Wuxi and etc. to the south, directly connecting the main traffic artery such as the Xicheng Expressway, Huning Expressway and Yanjiang Expressway etc. to the west, relying on the international trade port----Zhangjiagang port to the north. It is very convenient in water and land traffic and advanced in the functions such as transfet and storage and enjoys and advantaged location priority and policy advantages.

◆  There are tanks standing in great numbers for chemical in Zhangjiagang port, and the volume of the existing storage tanks exceeds 800000 cubic meters, in which some of the tanks are approved as bonded storage. Presently there are nine established and operated chemical jetties in Free Trade Zone and chemical products zone of ten thousand tonnages, in which there are 3 jetties of fifty thousand tonnages, 4 oil and chemical jetties, 7 jetties of ten thousand tonnages was building or imagined. All these terminals will reach an annual handling capacity of 12 million tons after completion, which makes it the largest chemical products import and distribution base in the country.

◆  The chemical market is swarming with businessmen. Now over 500 chemical enterprises registered in the free trade zone and other 1000 chemical enterprises registered elsewhere. The chemical market of Zhangjiagang city has the influence over the market in the east china and even the whole country.

◆ The market fully relies on the economic hinterland around, namely, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, and Changzhou etc. and has become an important place for the trading and distribution of chemical products.

◆  The chemical exchange market will give full play to the market radiant actions from the auxiliary industry parks of the free trade zone-----Jiangsu province Yangtze river chemical industry park and Suzhou fine chemical industry park. quite a lot of world famous companies have settled down in the zone such as chevron, Dow chemical, Unocal, Dupont, Mitsui, Asahi and etc, all of which male the market into an international chemical center.

   The chemical exchange market is located in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone Ruiming mansion with the designed area of 30 thousand square meters, which can receive more than 500 chemical companies to set up offices here. It is an intellectualized mansion composed of offices, restaurant, information treatment and etc. the chemical exchange market is well equipped with the program controlled telephone system, internet facilities, closed circuit televisions as well as electronic information platform and chemical industry information magazine edit department which is established for clients to release and inquire the information of supply and demand. There are offices from banks, taxation bureau, customs, customs agency, insurance companies and etc. in the chemical exchange market to provide excellent one-stop services for clients. Meanwhile, the market has set up an association to handle and coordinate the disputes in the business and to safeguard lawful rights and interests, consisting of the free trade zone administration, taxation bureau, industrial and commercial bureau, port management committee, customs entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureau, maritime bureau, bureau of communications, public security bureau, safety supervision bureau and so on .

    The chemical exchange market is formally opened in august 8, 2002. there are such departments in the market administration committee as the general manager's office, integration office, information center, test center, document record office, invoice center, asset management office and etc. by the end of July of 2004, there are offices set up by 437 enterprises with the total transaction value over RMB 95 billion Yuan.

      The chemical exchange center administration committee is committed to provide simplified management and superior services to every client with the service tenet of sincere cooperation and mutual development.