News in Brief: Leaders of Leading Cement Enterprises Gather in Hangzhou to Discuss the Breakthrough Plan

In 2022, the national cement industry encountered unprecedented difficulties and challenges. Cement demand continued to slump, prices fell, production hit a new low in nearly 11 years, while industry profits also shrank sharply. The situation in

2023 is still difficult to reverse in the short term. At present, the demand for cement is still low, the price is sluggish, and the marginal effect of off-peak production is gradually decreasing. In the era of high cost, the cement industry market in 2023 is still difficult to be optimistic.

Recently, Zhou Yuxian, Secretary and Chairman of the Party Committee of China Building Materials Group, Yang Jun, Secretary and Chairman of the Party Committee of Conch Group, Ji Youhong, Chairman and President of the Board of Directors of Huarun Cement, Zhang Xiaohua, Chairman and General Manager of Hongshi Group, and other leaders of leading enterprises in the cement industry gathered in Hangzhou to discuss the new situation. The difficulties and countermeasures faced by the market development of China's cement industry, and the new direction of high-quality development of the cement industry in the future. Can

leading cement enterprises actively take the lead in exploring and breaking through the current industry and market development deadlock, lead the industry to strengthen market confidence, reverse the decline of the industry and achieve good development? People in the industry are full of expectations.