Welcome to the Bio-based Material Quarterly Newsletter Q2 2026
Policy
On 23 April, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region released the implementation plan for sugarcane improved variety promotion in Guangxi in 2026.
On 1 May, 2026, the national standard Green Product Assessment—Bio-based Materials and Products (GB/T 46658-2025), came into effect.
Market & Corporate updates
In Q2 2026, HISUN, Levima, Kingfa, and Henan Jindan released their 2025 annual reports and Q1 2026 reports. Among them, HISUN reported a significant YoY increase in net profit for Q1 2026, driven by higher sales of polylactic acid resin.
In Q2 2026, the following domestic bio-based projects made new progress.
- Dongyang Shenglin's 3,000 t/a PLA products project passed preliminary acceptance check.
- The EI report of Antan Bio's 20,000 t/a new material project was approved.
- The EI report for Anhui Sunlu's degradable bio-based 3D printing material production project was accepted.
- The EI report for Liaocheng Huanuo's 25,000 t/a bio-based new material monomer 1,5-pentanediol project was accepted.
- Wuhan Ruijiakang's 10,000 t/a D-lactic acid project settles in Hubei Province.
- 250,000 t/a bio-based PDO project signed in Xinjiang.
The USD/CNY exchange rate used is USD1.00=CNY6.8167 (sourced from People's Bank of China on 1 June, 2026). All prices include VAT unless otherwise stated.

