A subsidiary of Shandong Chenming Paper Group Co Ltd, Zhanjiang Chenming is a national key paper manufacturing project approved by the State Council.

With an investment of 15 billion yuan ($2.4 billion), the company started construction in November 2009 and began operation in January 2012.

It is one of the world's largest and most advanced facilities spanning forestry to pulp and final paper production.

The company has a wide range of products including art paper, newsprint, copier paper and flat gloss coated papers.

Its capacity of 650,000 tons of art paper is fed by a fast-growing forest base covering 200,000 hectares.

As one of the top 500 companies in Guangdong province, Zhanjiang Chenming uses the world's most advanced pulp and paper facilities that lower consumption of energy and water in the production process.

Pulp waste is collected and reused as materials to generate power, and the effluent is discharged only after it is processed to meet national standards.

The company has also established online monitoring system for effluent and smoke that uploads real-time data automatically.

The company is planning a second phase with investment of 11 billion yuan.

The new project will cover an area of 100 hectares and will generate 11.4 billion yuan in annual revenue of when complete while creating more than 2,100 jobs.