BASF is the world's leading chemical company-Chemical Company. Our products range from crude oil and natural gas, chemicals, plastics, specialty chemicals, agricultural products to fine chemicals. As a trusted partner, BASF helps customers from all walks of life to achieve greater success. By providing high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in dealing with global issues such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition, transportation and mobile communication. By the end of 2008, BASF's global sales exceeded 62 billion euros, with nearly 97,000 employees. For more information about BASF, please visit: www.basf.com.

The relationship between BASF and the Greater China market can be traced back to 1885, and BASF has been a loyal partner of China since then. It is one of the largest foreign investors in China's chemical industry. In 2008, the company has about 6,300 employees in Greater China, with sales of about 4.2 billion euros, and 19 wholly-owned subsidiaries and 10 BASF joint ventures. For more information, please visit www.greater-china.basf.com.