YITAI CHEMICAL (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. is a chemical trading and distribution company based in Shanghai, serving as the wholly owned sales subsidiary of Inner Mongolia Yitai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. The company operates within the Yitai Group’s coal-to-chemical supply chain, linking upstream coal chemical production with downstream domestic and international sales of petroleum products, hydrocarbon waxes, and coal-derived specialty chemicals.
Established in Shanghai on February 6, 2018, the company has registered capital of RMB 50 million and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary within the broader Yitai corporate structure. Its reported business scope includes chemical product sales, petroleum product sales, hazardous chemical operations, import and export services, and commercial brokerage and technical services.
Within the plastics and industrial materials value chain, the company is primarily positioned as a supplier and trader of microcrystalline wax, mineral wax, and related hydrocarbon-based additives. These products are commonly used in plastics compounding, masterbatch production, packaging materials, surface modification, and industrial formulations. The company is not described as a polymer producer or plastics machinery manufacturer, but rather as a commercial bridge between large-scale coal chemical manufacturing and downstream industrial users.
The parent industrial platform uses indirect coal liquefaction technology based on a medium-temperature slurry bed Fischer-Tropsch process. The broader Yitai chemical group has operated a 160,000 tons-per-year coal-to-liquids demonstration project and a 1.2 million tons-per-year fine chemicals project. This gives the Shanghai trading entity access to integrated production capacity and technology-driven hydrocarbon feedstocks.
International trade records show export activity to markets including Vietnam and Turkey, with product classifications covering prepared waxes and related surfactant-based chemical products. This suggests a modest but real cross-border sales footprint, especially within Southeast Asian and broader industrial chemical markets.
The company’s corporate governance is tied to the Yitai Group structure. Public registration records have listed Zheng Hongfeng as legal representative, while later company disclosures relating to the listed parent entity have associated the subsidiary with executive Yao Haiyang. The company remains a wholly owned subsidiary rather than an independent operating group.
YITAI CHEMICAL (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. does not appear to publish independent audited financial statements in the available records. Its economic significance comes mainly from its role as the commercial and distribution channel for Yitai’s coal chemical output, rather than from independent manufacturing capacity.
Looking forward, the company’s development is likely to depend on the expansion of Yitai’s coal chemical value chain, market demand for specialty hydrocarbon waxes, and the broader transition of the Chinese chemical industry toward higher-value and more sustainable product lines.
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CPS+ eMarketplace. (n.d.). YITAI CHEMICAL (SHANGHAI)CO.,LTDYITAI CHEMICAL (SHANGHAI)CO.,LTD. CPS+ eMarketplace. https://www.chinaplasonline.com/eMarketplace/ExhibitorInfo?CompId=1012354Link