James McIlvenny, Senior Vice President, Performance Products, The Dow Chemical Company, has shown outstanding leadership and technical management setting up one of the very largest process industry R&D centres in Shanghai; in developing world-leading membrane technology; in taking to final approval massive coals-to-chemicals projects in China and Saudi Arabia, involving $30 billion investment; and in establishing a series of partnerships with the Chinese Government in Administration of Work Safety; Emergencies Preparedness & Crisis Management; CO2 Reduction; Cleaner Production; and Energy Efficiency of SMEs, to bring Western experience and practice to Chinese industries.