On October 25, 2008, our company and the Hubei Provincial Institute of Chemistry held a “Technical Exchange Meeting on International Quality Standards for Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide” in Hangzhou. The meeting was chaired by Shen Jianchong, General Manager of our company, and was attended by Professor Kong Yuhua and Professor Wang Xianhou from the Hubei Provincial Institute of Chemistry, as well as Xu Meinan, Deputy General Manager, and Sun Jianmin, Chief Engineer, from our company.

  The meeting featured exchanges and discussions regarding technical progress, application status, existing issues, and improvement measures related to the collaboration on “International Quality Standard Food-Grade Carbon Dioxide Production Technology.” Following thorough discussions, both parties further refined the “THC-1 Food-Grade CO₂ Dehydrocarbonation Catalyst Start-up and Temperature Ramp-up Plan” as well as the “Responsibilities and Working Principles for Both Parties During the Technical Service Period of the Food-Grade CO₂ Plant.” In light of the current global financial crisis, both parties expressed their commitment to working even more closely together in future collaborations to further increase their market share in the food-grade CO₂ industry.