On the afternoon of March 31, 2023, Lin Bin, Deputy Secretary of Zhenhai District Standing Committee, District Mayor, Deputy Secretary of Petrochemical Zone Working Committee and Director of Management Committee, and Hong Yuejun, Member of Petrochemical Zone Working Committee and Deputy Director of Management Committee, led a team to carry out research at Ningbo FUNDE Energy Co. Ltd. Chairman and General Manager Mr. Ma Shiping, Deputy General Manager Mr. Liu Kaijun, Mr. Ji Zhaochen, Mr. Ning Honglian and other leaders accompanied to participate in the research.

Mr. Ma Shiping, Chairman and General Manager of Ningbo FUNDE Energy, expressed his gratitude to the leaders at all levels of Zhenhai District and Petrochemical District for their support and assistance to the company, reported the basic situation of the company, recent safety management, production and operation, and future development ideas, and made an in-depth analysis of the development of the chemical industry in this and next year as well as the challenges faced by the company. Ningbo FUNDE Energy is producing high quality and high end chemical products with green and low carbon methanol as the raw material, and the production units are adopting world-class technology, which is currently one of the largest methanol to olefin enterprises in China. Considering the long-term strategic significance of China's energy structure and energy supply, methanol-to-olefin industry is in line with China's national conditions in terms of supplemental substitution of crude oil-based petrochemical raw materials, safety and environmental protection, economic rationality and other aspects, which is not only beneficial to the security of the national energy strategy, but also of strong strategic significance for the sustainable development of the chemical industry. Mr. Lin Bin, the director of the company, agreed that methanol-to-olefin is a supplementary alternative to the national energy strategy, and said that the company should anchor itself in the goal of "green and high-tech listed enterprise", face new tasks and meet new challenges, be confident, rise to the challenge, work hard and strive to be the first, enhance product competitiveness, and play a leading role in safety and production.

Subsequent to the symposium, Mr. Lin inquired in detail about the difficulties of the enterprise in production and operation, as well as the implementation of various safety and environmental protection measures, and he said that we should deeply understand the spirit of the important speech of the "Report on the Work of the Government" made by Li Keqiang on behalf of the State Council at the first meeting of the 14th National People's Congress, and that we should make progress in a stable manner and act positively in the future development of the enterprise, put into practice the new concept of development, and profoundly grasp the existence of the development of the chemical industry and economy, and the challenges faced. In the future development of the enterprise, we should make progress in a stable manner, actively act, practice the new development concept, deeply grasp the shortcomings and challenges of chemical economic development, change the mode of development, adjust the industrial structure, change the growth momentum, stick to the main business, do strong industry, and consciously take the road of high-quality development. At the same time, we must tighten the responsibility for production safety, this year's important meetings, a lot of important activities, the National People's Congress has just ended, the next China - Central and Eastern European Countries Expo, the Asian Games events and other important activities, we must stand in the height of political, always keep a high degree of vigilance as if treading on thin ice, to put an end to paralyzing thoughts and a sense of fluke, a full range of all-round grasp of various areas of risk identification and mapping, early-warning prevention, emergency response to emergencies, firmly hold the bottom line of safety and environmental protection. We should firmly guard the bottom line of safety and environmental protection.