BASF AG, a well-known German company, a Fortune 500 company, the world's largest chemical company, and the world's leading provider of automotive coatings/industrial coatings

BASF SE is a German chemical company and the world's largest chemical company. The BASF Group has more than 160 wholly owned subsidiaries or joint ventures in 41 countries in Europe, Asia, North and South America. The company's headquarters are located in Ludwigshafen am Rhine, which is the world's largest chemical product base.

BASF's relationship with the Greater China market dates back to 1885, and BASF has been a loyal partner of China ever since.

As the largest foreign-invested company in China's chemical industry, BASF's main investment projects are located in Nanjing, Shanghai and Chongqing, and the BASF Innovation Campus Asia Pacific (Shanghai) is an R&D hub in the Asia-Pacific region.

The BASF Group operates in a wide range of business areas, which can be divided into six categories, the main activities are:

Health & Nutrition: Pharmaceutical, Fine Chemicals, Fertilizers, Plant Protection Products

Coatings & Dyes: Dyes, pigments, coatings, processing aids, dispersions, paints and printing systems

Chemicals: basic chemicals (ethylene, propylene, acetylene, syngas, ammonia, methanol, sulfuric acid, chlorine, caustic soda, etc.), industrial chemicals, intermediates

Plastics and fibers: polyolefins, engineering plastics, styrene foam, polyurethanes, fiber intermediates, synthetic fibers

Oil & Gas: Exploration, production and sales of crude oil and natural gas, petroleum refining, and sales of refined oil products