The Res. Inst of Chem. Mach of the Ministry of Chemical Industry was founded in Beijing in 1958, and moved to Lanzhou in 1965. The Res. Inst of Automation of the Ministry of Chemical Industry was founded in Lanzhou in 1963. In 1997, the Res. Inst. Of Chem. Mach of the Ministry of Chemical Industry and the Res. Inst. Of Automation of the Ministry of Chemical Industry were combined to become the Res. Inst of Chemical Machinery and Automation of the Ministry of Chemical Industry. In 2000, the Res. Inst of Chemical Machinery and Automation of the Ministry of ChemicalIndustry completed its transformation to enterprise and registered as Tianhua Instituteof Chemical Machinery and Automation. Tianhua Institute has the following subordinated institutions: Supervision and Inspection Center of the Quality of Chemical Equipments in Nanjing, Jiangsu ProvinceNanjing Equipment Institute in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province; Automation Institute in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province; Lanzhou Ruima Chemical Machinery Co Ltd in Lanzhou, Gansu Province; Lanzhou Ruide Drying Technology Co Ltd in Lanzhou, Gansu Province; LanzhouLantai Plastics Machinery Co Ltd in Lanzhou, Gansu Province; Gansu Airuike Automation Technology Co Ltd in Lanzhou, Gansu Province; The Lanzhou United Institute of Chemical Machinery and automation and the Nanjing United Institute of Petrochemical Industry Furnaces were founded by Tianhua Institute and the Sinopec. Tianhua Institute has an occupation area of 80 000m2 and a total asset of 1 407 000 000 Yuan (RMB). The annual output value is 1 000 000 000 Yuan (RMB). Tianhua Institute has about 916 employees, 75% of them are professional personnel. Among them are 23 professors, 249senior engineers, 226 engineers. 29 professors and senior engineers enjoy national special subsidy, On 5 people the title of Middle-aged and Young Specialist with Outstanding Contribution to the P. R. China are conferred
