Yuntianhua Group

What Yuntianhua Group does

Yuntianhua Group (云天化集团有限责任公司) is a Yunnan SASAC-controlled state-owned comprehensive industrial group headquartered in Kunming, Yunnan Province, with operations tracing back to 1974 and a formal legal entity incorporated on March 18, 1997. The group operates three core business segments: fertilizers and modern agriculture (12 million tonnes/year total fertilizer capacity, 8 billion tonnes of phosphate ore reserves, 14.5 million tonnes/year mining capacity), glass fiber and composite materials through listed subsidiary Chongqing International Composites Co., Ltd. (国际复材/CPIC, 7 global production bases, 1.2+ million tonnes/year capacity ranking top-3 globally), and fine chemicals and new materials covering six categories including basic fine phosphorus chemicals, new energy materials (LiPF6 5,000 t/year, lithium iron phosphate), electronic-grade HF (20,000 t/year), fluorine chemicals, polyoxymethylene (POM 90,000 t/year), and petrochemicals (polypropylene 180,000 t/year, iso-octane 340,000 t/year).

Technology is anchored in three platform areas: green fertilizer technology spanning phosphate mining, processing and high-efficiency fertilizer manufacturing; glass fiber sizing-agent (浸润剂) formulations with proprietary ECT/TM/HL/HR series certified by Germanischer Lloyd, Lloyd's Register and US FDA; and fine phosphorus chemical technology including novel liquid-phase fluorine recovery (licensed to 6 external companies, adding 120,000+ tonnes/year of new fluorine resources) and high-purity dipentaerythritol (≥95%) production technology that broke long-term import dependence. AI/automation is being deployed at scale across 5 provincial Advanced Smart Factory subsidiaries, with process automation (intelligent inspection robots at Petrochemical), real-time optimization (RTO platform co-built with Siemens at Tianan Chemical), and predictive analytics (96.88% automation in ammonia processes, predictive safety warning via big data center at Shuifu Yuntianhua).

Revenue is generated through B2B product sales to industrial customers (glass fiber to wind turbine, 5G and automotive manufacturers including GE, DuPont, BASF, Siemens, Vestas, Huawei; chemicals to 300+ downstream enterprises in Yunnan) and through a B2B2C agricultural channel reaching China and Southeast Asian farmers via distributors, 农资连锁 flagship stores, and the Science & Technology Courtyard (科技小院) agronomic service network of 34 courtyards and 300+ service stations. Subsidiary 天泰电商 provides digital procurement and the Yuntianhua Zhi Lian (云天智链) supply chain finance platform. The group controls two publicly listed entities: Yuntianhua Co. (云天化股份, Shanghai 600096) and International Composites (Shenzhen ChiNext 301526, IPO December 2023). The group employs 20,000+ staff, holds over 1,000 billion CNY in total assets, and reported 920 billion CNY of revenue and ~59 billion CNY of profit in 2023 (most recent dated figure per ESG report). After a near-failure restructuring in 2016-2017 (4 years of cumulative losses totaling 68 billion CNY), the group returned to profitability and has maintained high profitability for three consecutive years.

Name

Yuntianhua Group

Legal name

云天化集团有限责任公司

Website

https://yth.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Yuntianhua Group is a Yunnan SASAC state-owned industrial conglomerate producing fertilizers (12M tonnes/year), glass fiber (1.2M+ tonnes/year, top 3 globally via listed subsidiary CPIC), and fine chemicals including new energy materials, serving agriculture, wind power, 5G, electronics, and EV-battery markets across China and 40+ Belt and Road countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fertilizers and Industrial Chemicals

NAICS

Phosphatic Fertilizer Manufacturing (325312), All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (32799)

SIC

Abrasive, Asbestos & Misc Nonmetallic Mineral Prods (3290), Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400)

akta.pro primary industry

NPK/Compound & Blended Fertilizers (Granular Blends, Bulk Blending) (AFABABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Phosphate Fertilizers (MAP/DAP/TSP) (IMAEAEAB), Fertilizer Raw Materials & Intermediates (Phosphate Rock, Sulfuric/Phosphoric Acid, Potash Ore/Brines) (AFABABAH)

Keywords

• Phosphate fertilizers
• Glass fiber manufacturing
• Fine chemicals production
• Composite materials
• Phosphate mining

Headquarters

HQ city

Yünnan

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fertilizers and Modern Agriculture: Production and sale of fertilizers (urea, DAP, MAP, compound fertilizers, specialty fertilizers) and agricultural services through a full industry chain from phosphate mining to agricultural application. Total fertilizer capacity: 12 million tonnes/year. Revenue from product sales plus agronomic services including soil testing, scientific planting guidance, and 科技小院 field demonstrations.
2. Glass Fiber and Composite Materials: Production and sale of glass fiber products (roving, chopped strand, woven fabric, etc.) for wind power, rail transit, 5G, and infrastructure applications. Total capacity exceeds 1.2 million tonnes/year, ranking among top 3 globally. Revenue from direct product sales to industrial customers.
3. Fine Chemicals and New Materials: Covers six categories: basic fine phosphorus chemicals, new energy materials, electronic new materials, fluorine chemicals, petrochemicals, and engineering materials. Products include: petroleum化工 (polypropylene 180,000 t/year, iso-octane 340,000 t/year), feed-grade calcium phosphate (500,000 t/year), yellow phosphorus (28,000 t/year), fluorochemicals (LiPF6 5,000 t/year, HF 70,000 t/year, electronic-grade HF 20,000 t/year), polyoxymethylene (90,000 t/year), and methanol (260,000 t/year).
4. Agricultural Supply Chain and Logistics Services: Tianchi Logistics (A-level logistics enterprise) provides cross-border logistics, domestic distribution, and supply chain services. Revenue from logistics service fees, freight services along China-Laos-Thailand railway corridors, and supply chain financial services. Also includes agricultural product supply chain including rice and flower businesses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Yuntianhua Group is a state-owned industrial conglomerate that manufactures and sells phosphate-based fertilizers, glass fiber and composite materials, and fine chemicals/new materials. Operations are vertically integrated from phosphate mining through finished chemical and material production, serving agricultural and industrial customers primarily in China and select export markets.

Product overview

Yuntianhua Group is a state-owned comprehensive industrial group with three core business segments: fertilizers and modern agriculture, glass fiber and composite materials (operated through Chongqing International Composites Co., Ltd.), and fine chemicals and new materials. The Group operates a total fertilizer capacity of 12 million tons/year, glass fiber capacity exceeding 1.2 million tons/year (ranking top 3 globally), and a diverse portfolio of new chemical materials including polypropylene, fluorine chemicals, polyoxymethylene, and new energy materials. The company provides integrated solutions across the full industry chain from resource extraction to end consumption, supported by digital platforms such as '云天智链' (smart supply chain), science and technology academies, and AI-powered inspection and optimization systems. The Group's subsidiaries include listed companies Yuntianhua (600096) and International Composites (301526).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 良田守护者计划: Three-nation agricultural theme activity co-created with 农林卫视 China Agricultural Media, recording stories of 'good farmland guardians' across China, promoting model cases of farmland construction to ensure national food security and rural revitalization. Won 'Network Positive Energy Theme Activity' Quality Award in the 2024 Yunnan Positive Energy Online Works campaign.

Products and services

• Phosphate-based fertilizers Phosphate fertilizers manufactured from captive phosphate rock for use in crop nutrition, sold to agricultural distributors, large farms, and cooperatives through B2B channels.
• Glass fiber products Industrial glass fiber products manufactured for use as reinforcement materials in construction, automotive, electronics, wind energy, and other downstream industrial applications.
• Composite materials Composite materials derived from in-house glass fiber, sold to industrial manufacturers for use in finished structural and industrial products.
• Fine chemicals and new materials Fine chemicals and new materials manufactured for sale to industrial customers in chemical processing and advanced manufacturing applications.
• Phosphate rock (mining output) Phosphate rock extracted from captive mines, used primarily as a captive input into the group's phosphate fertilizer manufacturing, supporting vertical integration.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 million tonnes/year fertilizer capacity serving approximately 500 million mu (33 million hectares) of cultivated land nationally
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Siemens AG (西门子)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 February 2025Tianan Chemical collaborated with 装备技术公司, 信息公司, and Siemens to build the RTO (Real-Time Optimizer) platform for the full-factory steam power system energy optimization and intelligent operation decision platform. The project integrates Siemens' advanced control algorithms with Yuntianhua's process knowledge, creating a closed-loop system of data collection, model calculation, decision output, and condition optimization.
• Israel Chemicals Ltd (以化集团有限公司)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Yuntianhua Haikou Phosphate and Israel Chemicals Ltd (以化集团) received the 2025 Yunnan International Science and Technology Cooperation Award. The partnership focuses on wet phosphoric acid purification, high-value phosphate salt preparation, and new phosphate-based fertilizer technologies. Through deep industry-university-research cooperation, the collaboration has advanced new processes, technologies, and products in phosphorus chemical industry transformation and upgrading, serving as a key bridge for Sino-foreign phosphorus chemical technology cooperation.
• Nanjing Glass Fiber Research & Design Institute (南京玻纤院)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025International Composites participated as a key contributor alongside Nanjing Glass Fiber Research & Design院, 巨石集团 (Jushi Group), and 泰山玻纤 (Taishan Fiberglass) in drafting three glass fiber equipment industry standards: tunnel-type preform drying furnace, glass fiber twisting machine, and reciprocating wire cake drawing machine. CPIC serves as vice-chairman of two standards drafting working groups.
• Sanhuan Zhonghua Reagent (三环中化)minorOthers · 1 January 2025Sanhuan Zhonghua developed 5 patents covering phosphorus chemical production, testing, and equipment maintenance, achieving breakthroughs in key processes including sedimentation agents for wet-process phosphoric acid and intelligent detection methods for phosphorus products.
• Multiple Chinese glass fiber industry leadersmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025International Composites led the drafting of the 《玻纤电池包壳体》 group standard in collaboration with industry peers including glass fiber manufacturers and automotive composite companies. The standard regulates glass fiber battery pack housing specifications for electric vehicles.
• Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (缅甸农牧灌溉部门)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Yuntianhua collaborates with Myanmar's Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and local large grain farmers to establish demonstration fields. The company conducts joint trials, training, and farmer association activities in Myanmar, providing scientific planting solutions for rice, corn, cotton and other key crops. Yuntianhua also established the 'Yuntianhua Scholarship' and 'Yuntianhua Study Abroad Fund' at Myanmar's Yangon Agricultural University to cultivate local agricultural talent.
• Yangon Agricultural University (缅甸耶津农业大学)minorOthers · 1 January 2025Yuntianhua established the 'Yuntianhua Scholarship' and 'Yuntianhua Study Abroad Fund' at Yangon Agricultural University (耶津农业大学) in Myanmar, supporting the cultivation of local agricultural technology talent, with a total of 614 agricultural experts and students supported.
• Yunnan Agricultural University (云南农业大学)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024The 9th Yuntianhua Youth Debate Competition invited Professor Shen Yundu from Yunnan Agricultural University to lecture on debate techniques both live and online. Yunnan Agricultural University provides academic support to Yuntianhua's talent development and cultural activities.
• BASF (德国巴斯夫)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Yuntianhua partnered with BASF to introduce the 'Limostar' urease inhibitor additive into urea production. Yuntianhua holds the national exclusive distribution rights for this additive and produces and sells the 'Stable Efficiency Generation 2' urea product with this technology nationwide.
• Nanjing Customs and Border Control (南京海关)minorOthers · 1 January 2024Tianan Chemical exported high-purity liquid argon to Thailand, with the product inspected and approved by Nanjing Customs (滇中海关) before export, marking the first export of self-produced liquid argon products.
• China Railway Kunming Bureau (中国铁路昆明局集团)coreOthers · 1 January 2024Yuntianhua is the largest customer of China Railway Kunming Bureau. The two parties signed 'logistics general contracting' agreements, making Yuntianhua the first and only Yunnan state-owned enterprise to do so. In 2024, Yuntianhua's annual logistics contracting volume exceeded 100% completion, with total shipments exceeding 10 million tonnes and container shipments growing 30% year-on-year.
• Kunming Sports Center (昆明市体育中心)minorOthers · 1 January 2024Yuntianhua Agri-inputs Chain served as core sponsor of the '滇超' (Yunnan Super Football League) Kunming station competition at Kunming Sports Center. The company engaged in brand marketing, interactive activities, and product promotion at the venue.
• China Agricultural University (中国农业大学)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Since 2015, Yuntianhua and China Agricultural University have jointly established the 'Two Institutes, One Center' (两院一中心) for plant nutrition research, green fertilizer development, agricultural technology services, and big data platforms. In 2016, Yuntianhua introduced the 科技小院 (Science & Technology Courtyard) model, with the first courtyards in Zhaotong and Dali Binchuan. The model connects universities with rural fields, combining plant nutrition research, green fertilizer design and manufacturing, demonstration, and agricultural extension. The network has grown to 34 courtyards nationwide.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Nutrien Ltd: World's largest fertilizer producer by capacity across nitrogen, potash and phosphate, with a global agricultural retail network (Nutrien Ag Solutions). Provides the upper-bound benchmark for Yuntianhua's fertilizer-plus-services strategy though with significantly broader crop input and geographic reach.
• CF Industries Holdings: North America's largest nitrogen fertilizer producer (urea, ammonium nitrate, UAN). Overlaps with Yuntianhua's nitrogen-fertilizer and urea production base at Shuifu Yuntianhua, providing a benchmark for global nitrogen pricing discipline and capital efficiency in a similar commodity cycle.
• Sinochem Holdings (Syngenta Group): China's largest state-owned chemicals and fertilizer conglomerate (parent of Syngenta). Competes broadly with Yuntianhua in fertilizers, crop protection, and seed, with much greater global scale and crop-science portfolio; Yuntianhua is a niche fertilizer-and-glass-fiber specialist versus Sinochem's full-spectrum agriculture platform.

Direct peers

• The Mosaic Company: US-listed global leader in phosphate and potash crop nutrition with integrated mining-to-fertilizer operations. Mirrors Yuntianhua's phosphate-vertical integration model and similar product mix (DAP/MAP/NPK), making it the closest Western comparable for the group's fertilizer segment.
• Owens Corning: Global glass fiber and building materials leader with competing E-glass and S-glass product lines used in wind, construction, and transportation composites. Direct competitor to CPIC in high-modulus fiberglass for wind turbine blades and 5G infrastructure, with comparable scale and global manufacturing footprint.
• Stanley Agricultural Group: Largest Chinese specialty fertilizer producer (water-soluble, slow-release, compound fertilizers) with strong domestic brand and channel reach. Comparable to Yuntianhua's fertilizer distribution and 科技小院 agricultural extension model, and a competitor in compound/NPK premium grades.
• ICL Group: Israeli specialty fertilizers and phosphate miner. Already a strategic partner of Yuntianhua (jointly won 2025 Yunnan International Science & Technology Cooperation Award for wet-process phosphoric acid purification), and a directly comparable phosphate-to-specialty-chemicals integrated producer competing in food-grade phosphate, potash and flame retardants.
• Jushi Group: China's largest fiberglass producer and the global #1 in glass fiber capacity. Directly competes with Yuntianhua's International Composites (CPIC) subsidiary in roving, chopped strand, and woven fabric for wind power, 5G, and automotive applications, and both operate multiple global production bases.
• Taishan Fiberglass (CTG Group): China's third-largest glass fiber producer under China National Building Material Group. Direct domestic rival to CPIC, supplying similar wind, electronics, and infrastructure end-markets; the three players (Jushi, CPIC, Taishan) collectively dominate Chinese and global glass fiber supply.
• Wengfu Group: State-owned Guizhou-based phosphate mining and fertilizer producer. Directly comparable to Yuntianhua's phosphate-to-fertilizer integration, with overlapping MAP/DAP/NPK product lines and similar downstream wet-process phosphoric acid capabilities; the two are the principal Chinese phosphate fertilizer champions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries24 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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