Li Xinhua Meets Thomas, CEO of Global Cement and Concrete Association

2023-05-19 10:10:29

On May 15, Li Xinhua, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of China National Building Material Group, met with Thomas Gullot, CEO of the Global Cement and Concrete Association in Beijing. The two sides had in-depth exchanges on promoting carbon emission reduction in the global cement industry and promoting low-carbon environmental protection transformation in the cement industry.

On May 15, Li Xinhua, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of China Building Material Group, met with the Global Cement and Concrete Association in Beijing. Thomas Guillot, CEO of GCCA, had in-depth exchanges on promoting carbon emission reduction in the global cement industry and promoting low-carbon environmental transformation in the cement industry.

Li Xinhua welcomed Thomas and his party to visit China Building Materials Group. He said that in the past three years, although there have been few exchanges of visits between the two sides due to the impact of the epidemic, as one of the founding members of GCCA, China Building Materials Group has been actively participating in various sustainable development-related activities carried out by GCCA, assisting GCCA in promoting the "Net Zero Emission Roadmap" plan for the global cement and concrete industry, and to GCCA. Deeply participate in the daily work process of scientific research and innovation, safety and environmental protection carried out by GCCA, and contribute Chinese wisdom to the sustainable development of the global cement industry. In his speech,

Thomas thanked China Building Materials Group for its strong support to GCCA. He said that since Li Xinhua became the director and vice chairman of GCCA, he has given full guidance to himself and the executive team of GCCA, and put forward many constructive suggestions, which has effectively promoted the sound development of GCCA.

The two sides discussed in depth the policy, standard, technology, social and cultural factors involved in promoting "net zero emission" in the cement industry, and discussed the key nodes of carbon emission measurement and monitoring, carbon sink and carbon trading in the cement industry. Thomas shared the relevant experience of Europe and other regions, and Li Xinhua introduced the exploration and thinking of China Building Materials Group. Through communication, both sides hope to further strengthen communication in the future, promote more collaboration among large enterprises in the global cement industry, upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, research institutions, associations, governments and other stakeholders through the GCCA platform, and continuously promote the sustainable development of the global cement and concrete industry. During the

discussion, Li Ning, General Manager of Safety and Environmental Protection Department of China Building Materials Group, introduced the specific progress of the Group in promoting carbon emission reduction. China Building Materials Group continues to implement the goal of "double carbon" put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping, actively practices the concept of "green water and green hills are Jinshan and Yinshan", adheres to the working principles of "carbon reduction at the source, carbon reduction at the process, carbon fixation at the end and carbon management throughout the process", and comprehensively promotes energy efficiency improvement and new energy transformation on existing cement production lines. A number of green factories and green mines have been built. Thomas highly appreciated China Building Materials Group's efforts to further promote the green transformation of the basic building materials industry and reduce carbon emissions through practical actions. Before the

meeting, Thomas and his delegation also visited the exhibition hall of China Building Materials Group to fully understand the development of the three major industries of the Group. He praised the great achievements made by China Building Materials Group in the new material industry and said that he would introduce the new material industry of China Building Materials Group to more international enterprises. Huang Zhendong, GCCA Affairs Representative of

China Building Material Group, Sui Tongbo, Vice President of China Material International, Ma Junlei, Vice General Manager of New Tianshan Cement Technology Department, Claude Lorea, Technical Director of GCCA, and Hu Junmei, LC3 Project Manager of Building Materials Laboratory of Swiss Federal University of Technology, attended the meeting.

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On May 15, Li Xinhua, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of China National Building Material Group, met with Thomas Gullot, CEO of the Global Cement and Concrete Association in Beijing. The two sides had in-depth exchanges on promoting carbon emission reduction in the global cement industry and promoting low-carbon environmental protection transformation in the cement industry.

2023-05-19 10:10:29