1984 Chaoda Valve setup 1990 Starts to Exporting 1991 Awards first national patent (safty valve) 1995 Own R&D center 1996 "Top Vendor" for SINOPEC 1998 ISO9001 DNV 1999 API 6D, Chaoda prepare "wafer check valve standard" JB/T8937-1999 2000 "Top Vendor" for PetroChina, participate in 13 national standards, metal seated ball valve awards national patent 2002 CE-PED, "listed vendor" for China national power group 2003 API600, start using ERP system 2004 API607-TUV, runing Wuxing new factory, first order from BP (SECCO project) 2005 Awards "national new& high tech enterprise" listed into China torch plan, first order from BASF, HUNSTMAN, FLUOR DANIEL 2007 Chaoda (Qingtian) Foundry starts operation