Bayer did not handle information dissemination or communication well, and only began making an effort when running into protests after the project began. By then they had lost the initiative. Moreover, the project had bad luck in terms of timing, coming just as the state-run China Petroleum Corporation had a series of accidents including oil leaks and gas leaks. Public trust in the government and confidence in the chemical industry plummeted.
但是這些解釋仍無法抑止民眾反拜耳的情緒，細研其因，拜耳事先沒有做好宣導和溝通的工作，事後受到抗爭才來做，已經錯失先機，而該投資案又時運不濟，剛好碰上中油的一連串的漏油漏氣事件，民眾對政府的承諾，以及化學工業的信心不免降到了最低點。