Hubei Research Institute of Chemistry is located in Wuhan City of Hubei Province. It is staffed with 200 persons, among who are 51 senior researchers, 3 national experts, 10 provincial experts, and 26 who are supported by state government subsidy. Four academic units have been set up with authority to confer Master's degrees in polymer physics, fine chemical engineering, applied chemistry and industrial catalysis. Since its establishment, the Institute has completed 165 research projects, 9 of which were awarded National Prizes for Invention and Scientific & Technological Advancement, 63 of which were awarded Provincial Prizes for Scientific & Technological Advancement, and 112 of which were granted National Patents. Under the approval of the State Planning Commission, the Institute has established National Industrial Key Base for CO Water Gas Shift Catalyst and Gas Purification Catalyst.

Gas Purification Center is a National Key Industrial Base for CO Water Gas Shift Catalyst and Gas Purification Catalyst. Among the staff of center, there are 3 professors, 6 associate professors, 1 national authorized expert and 2 provincial authorized experts. Through more than thirty years鈥檋ard work, the center has developed a whole set of catalysts which have been applied widely in coal or natural gas based ammonia / methanol plants, including steam reforming catalyst, high / low temperature shift catalyst, methanation catalyst, ammonia synthesis catalyst, methanol synthesis catalyst, etc., and a set of gas purification catalyst, including series noble and base metal oxygen removal, hydrogen removal, hydrocarbon removal catalysts, series fine removal desulfurizers, Cl removal agents, phosphor removal agent, arsenic removal agent, oil removal agent, etc., while series sulfur removal, organic nitrogen removal, sweetening catalysts also have been developed and applied widely in large, medium small scale petrochemical plants. 26 Chinese patents have been gotten. In October 1999 and 2000, conferred by the State Science and Technology Ministry, our center representing Chinese Government has successfully hold the first and second international training workshop of ambient temperature fine sulfur-removal (ATFSR) New Technology, five papers have been presented in International Nitrogen Conference, night types of products have been exported to USA, UK, Australia, etc..