We create chemistry for a sustainable future

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Our ambition: We want to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 108,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world.

Our portfolio comprises, as core businesses, the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, and Nutrition & Care; our standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions.

BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885.  

With large production sites in Shanghai, Nanjing, Chongqing and Zhanjiang, BASF is a major foreign investor in the country’s chemical industry, and operates the Innovation Campus Shanghai, BASF’s largest R&D site in Asia.

BASF posted sales of approximately €8.2 billion in 2025 to customers in Greater China and employed 12,452 people as of the end of the year.

BASF currently operates 29 major wholly-owned subsidiaries, 11 major joint ventures, and maintains 30 sales offices in Greater China. BASF’s portfolio in Greater China comprises, as core businesses, the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, and Nutrition & Care; and the standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions.

These solutions are used in almost all areas of daily life such as in houses, cars, food, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, textile, household goods, electronic equipment and packaging. As of the end of 2025, BASF has cumulatively invested more than €15 billion in Greater China (more than €18 billion with partners) to build a locally competitive production, marketing, sales, technical service and innovation network.

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