The company was founded on November 8, 2004 and is an A+H share flagship listed company under China Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd. H shares and A shares were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange on June 15, 2005 and October 9, 2007, respectively. The company's main business is the production and sale of coal and electric power, railway, port and ship transportation, and coal-to-olefin. The main products include polyethylene, polypropylene and a small number of by-products (including industrial sulfur, mixed carbon 5, industrial propane, mixed carbon 4, industrial methanol, refined methanol, etc.); electricity. The company has received honors such as 5th in Platts Global Energy Company Top 250, the most respected listed company by investors, the “Golden Roundtable Award” of the Outstanding Board of Directors, the “Golden Roundtable Award” of the Top 100 Valuable Companies on the Chinese Main Board, 492nd in the Global 500 Green Companies, the 9th fastest growing global energy company in Asia, the 2008 Top 100 Chinese Blue Chip Companies List, and Forbes Asia's Most Long-Term Value Company.