A major contribution to the Republic of China's efforts to become self-sufficient in supplies for synthetic fiber raw materials, was made with the opening of the China Petrochemical Development Corp. (CPDC) plant to produce raw materials for acrylic fiber.
民國五十八年四月，政府組成了國營事業的中國石油化學工業開發公司，生產石油化學中間產品，尤其是供應製造合成纖維的中間原料。中化公司對國內合纖工業的重要貢獻，就是丙烯工廠的設立，生產丙烯以供製造丙烯纖維。