The Chinese Petroleum Corporation set up the first naphtha cracker at the Kaohsiung Refinery in 1968 to provide the basic raw materials for the "upstream" projects of the petrochemical industry. It produces 54,000 metric tons of ethylene annually.
中國石油公司為負責石油化學上游原料供應，早於民國五十七年於高雄煉油廠內興建完成第一輕油裂解工廠，年產乙烯五萬四千萬公噸。