摘要
The coal chemicals sector, thenew coal chemicals sector inparticular, has been emergingfast in China in recent years.The production scale ofmethanol as an important coalchemical product has ex-panded constantly. Themethanol supply mode inChina is therefore also under-going quiet changes.Both the production capac-ity and the actual output ofmethanol have increased con-stantly during the past fewyears. Output increased rap-idly from only 2.065 milliontons in 2001 to 5.356 milliontons in 2005 but still cannotmeet the brisk domesticdemand. The