Be Persistent and Bring Benefits to People

“Suo Pu”, the Chinese name of this corporation is paraphrased as follows: “Suo” means “seeking and exploring”. LI SAO, by Qu Yuan, says, “Although there is a long tortuous way ahead of me, I will try to cleave out a shortcut.” This conveys the consistent and ceaseless enterprising spirit of this corporation. “Pu” means “extensiveness and coverage”. MO ZI says, “The ethics of the saints are as high as the sky and as universal as the earth.”. This conveys that this corporation is committed to the research, development and exploitation in the chemical industry and ready to share its achievements with the society extensively and will try its best to push forward the development and advancement of society and science so as to enhance the living standard of the common people. “Suo” and “Pu” together reflects the indefatigable spiritual state of this corporation in developing its cause and demonstrates the duties and missions this corporation is shouldering for the scientific and ecological development of the human society as a large-scaled modern chemical industry group.

“SOPO”, the English name of this corporation, is paraphrased as follows: “SOPO” is quoted from the famous saying of Dante, a great poet: “Let us not speak of them; but look and pass on.” “SOPO”, as the initial word of the two verbal phrases in the saying, generally means “go along the road you choose”. In Divine Comedy, Dante expresses his brilliant wish toward his folk, nation and the world at large. Hankering after the peaceful unity of his motherland and the happy life of his people, Dante wishes to motivate the people to make bold innovations and pursue happiness through this sentence. The connotation of “SOPO” is the faithful reflection of SOPO’s forty years’ exploration and development and the embodiment of its ideal and belief that it should steadfastly walk along a development road of its own and try to develop itself and serve the society in spite of any difficulty.

Science and Technology Survive Together with Nature Persistent and Bring Benefits to People

“Science and technology” stands for the ever-rising R&d strength of SOPO group and the ever-increasing technological content of its products. Science and technology is also the prerequisite for SOPO group to become bigger, stronger and more competitive. “Nature” refers to the natural and ecological environment humans depend on for survival on the one hand; and the social environment provided and secured for the development of personalities, abilities and individualities.

“Co-existence” refers to two units can not only achieve a respective benign development of their own but also reach a relationship of “mutual harmony” to avoid unbalanced development in the same environment. Instead, “common prosperity” can be formed. Only “mutual harmony” and “common prosperity” can lead to “win-win” cooperation as well as realize “co-existence”.

“Coexistence of Science and Nature” clearly demonstrates that SOPO group commits itself to constantly improving the humans’ living environment and standard with its own scientific strength as the prime power to the largest extent. This is not only the “footstone” for the self-development of SOPO group, but also its corporate goal based on progress of humankind and social development.