March 11 - 12, 2009 , China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation executive vice president , China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association, Li Shousheng led the organization of large domestic fertilizer, methanol enterprises to innovate more than 50 people to learn and to multinational companies in Shanghai R & D Center site to learn innovative ideas and research experience, to provide a reference for promoting technological progress and industrial structure optimization and upgrading.

During the study , Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group , Hubei Yihua Group Co., Ltd. , Shanghai Huayi ( Group ) Company , China National Petroleum Corporation Ningxia Petrochemical Company , Luxi Group Co., Ltd. , Henan XLX Fertiliser Ltd. , etc. the main person responsible for the 20 companies visited the Dow Chemical ( China ) investment Co. , DuPont China Holdings Limited, fertilizer Industry Association of GE ( China ) Co., Ltd. and the United States air Products , Shandong, Anhui, Henan and other provinces of the president also invited to participate in the study tour .

Leader made ​​four multinational enterprise development and other aspects of development experience report , after the end of the study, study team will organize seminars, exchange visits experience and research experience, enhance the innovation capability of enterprises to explore ideas and measures . It is understood that participate in this innovative learning nitrogen , ammonia methanol enterprises accounted for 39.4 % of the country 's total production of urea and 48.4 % of the national total .

Li Shousheng expressed the hope that through this study or to make domestic fertilizer, methanol enterprises to turn their focus to the innovation up , learning and innovation , innovative thinking , innovative force , to find a way from innovation , structural adjustment from innovation , seeking from innovation development, so that innovation becomes an inexhaustible source of power and vitality of nitrogen fertilizer , methanol industry, high-end development, green development , differentiation, development and sustainable development.