1;Preface;5 2;Table of Contents;6 3;Part I: The Chemical Industry in China;11 3.1;1 The Global Chemical Industry;12 3.2;2 The Petrochemical Industry in China;18 3.3;3 Activities of European Chemical Companies in China;32 3.4;4 Research and Development in China;56 3.5;5 Chemical Industry Parks in China;62 3.6;6 Trends in the Chinese Fine Chemicals Market - Opportunities and Threats for the European Fine Chemicals Industry;72 3.7;7 Chemicals for China's Chip Industry;81 4;Part II: The Pharmaceutical Industry in China;97 4.1;8 China's Pharmaceutical Market: Business Environment and Market Dynamics;98 4.2;9 Developing the Pharmaceutical Business in China - The Case of Novartis;115 4.3;10 China's Approach to Innovative Pharmaceutical R& D: A Review;126 4.4;11 Foreign Direct Investment by Multinational Corporations in China - The Pharmaceutical Sector;138 4.5;12 Competing in the Chinese Antibiotics Market - Cephalosporins 1982- 2000;153 5;Part III: The Experience of Successful European Companies in China;161 5.1;13 Swimming Ahead of the Shoal - The History of BASF in Greater China;162 5.2;14 Establishing a Competitive Production Network in Asia;174 5.3;15 Bayer - A Multinational Committed to China;183 5.4;16 Bicoll - The First Sino-German Biotechnology Company;191 5.5;17 Ciba Specialty Chemicals in China - Global Direction and Local Expertise;201 5.6;18 Degussa: Transforming the China Region;213 5.7;19 A Toolbox for China - Lessons from the China Experience of Degussa Construction Chemicals;223 5.8;20 DSM in China: In Touch with Evolving Needs in the Specialty Chemicals Market;248 5.9;21 Vitamins - Opportunities and Challenges for Both Western and Chinese Producers;265 6;Authors;273 7;Literature;287 8;Index;291