The concept of fine chemical industry was first put forward by Japan in the 1970s. Since 1955, with petrochemical industry as the center, Japan's chemical industry has developed rapidly and become the second largest chemical power in the world. The development of petrochemical industry provides abundant basic raw materials and vigorously promotes the development of other industries and the whole national economy. The 1960s was the heyday of Japan's chemical industry. After the 1970s, the oil crisis appeared, which impacted Japan's chemical industry with petrochemical industry as the pillar, forcing its government to reconsider its development policy of chemical industry and began to focus on the in-depth development of chemical products, the expansion of application scope and the improvement of added value, The concept of fine chemical industry is put forward.

time developing process
Before the 19th century The raw materials for the production of fine chemicals mainly come from natural substances.
Early 20th century With the rise of petrochemical industry, the development of fine chemicals has made the first great leap. Fine chemicals with synthetic chemicals as raw materials gradually occupy a dominant position in quantity and variety.
Mid twentieth century The development of polymer chemistry and the emergence of polymer materials have brought the second great leap for fine chemicals. Soap has developed into synthetic detergent, paint has expanded into coating, and new industries such as adhesives, information chemicals and functional polymer materials have sprung up.
From the late 1970s to the early 1980s Many developed countries and large chemical groups developed fine chemicals one after another and produced more fine chemicals with higher added value. Various fine chemicals and special chemicals continued to appear. The development of fine chemicals became a hot topic in the foreign chemical industry at that time.
Entering the 21st century The development of high and new technologies such as information and microelectronics, biology, new materials, new energy, automation, aerospace and marine development has put forward new directions and topics for the development of fine chemical industry.