On 9 October 2008, the official construction of Dalian Changxing Island Taiyo Nippon Sanso Gas Co., Ltd project, an investment construction by Japanese Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, began. The total investment of this project is 72.25 million USD, and its main production includes oxygen, nitrogen and argon, focusing on entering major shipbuilding projects as the supporting industrial gas, with production beginning at the end of 2009.