On March 15, Xiao Jiaxiang, Executive Chairman of China Cement Association, went to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province to investigate the market situation and high-quality development of the cement industry in Jiangxi Province. Ke Weidong, President of Jiangxi Conch Cement, Li Shifeng, General Manager of Jiangxi Wannianqing Cement , and other enterprise leaders discussed and exchanged views. The leaders of the
three enterprises reported on the production and operation, industry self-discipline, current market situation and countermeasures of each enterprise in 2023. We will further strengthen the work of reducing costs and increasing efficiency and industry self-discipline, and strive to promote the high-quality development of enterprises. Executive Chairman
Xiao Jiaxiang fully affirmed the work of Jiangxi cement industry in 2023, and analyzed the current situation and main challenges of the cement industry. He believed that the cement industry in Jiangxi Province was highly concentrated, the industry self-discipline work was fruitful, and it was qualified to continue to be in the forefront of the country and become the pioneer of high-quality development of the industry. He hoped that large enterprises would continue to play a leading role, strengthen cooperation and earnestly implement the three major tasks of "steady growth, capacity removal, transformation and upgrading". At present, we should correctly handle the relationship between industry and enterprise, share and price, short-term interests and long-term development, firmly establish the value concept of "industry interests are higher than enterprise interests, enterprise interests are bred in industry interests", adhere to peak staggering production and industry self-discipline as the grasp, rational competition and reasonable pricing, and fully implement the stable growth of Jiangxi cement industry in 2024. To contribute to the steady growth of the national cement industry.
On March 16, Executive Chairman Xiao Jiaxiang visited Mr. Zhang Zhenkun, CEO of Asian Cement (China), at the headquarters of Asian Cement (China) in Ruichang City, Jiangxi Province, and held a discussion and exchange. Zhang Zhenkun, CEO of Asia Cement Holdings (China), welcomed Chairman Xiao Jiaxiang to the company and thanked China Cement Association for its support. CEO Zhang Zhenkun systematically introduced the company's production and operation in three major regions, the promotion of transformation and upgrading projects in Hubei, digital transformation, alternative fuels and solid waste disposal, and introduced the main practices and results of self-discipline in Taiwan's cement industry. CEO Zhang Zhenkun said that Yadong Cement is actively exploring new ways to reduce production and cost, steadily and gradually promote the digital transformation of enterprises, and fully participate in and support industry self-discipline, so as to achieve long-term sustainable development of the company. Executive Chairman
Xiao Jiaxiang had in-depth exchanges with CEO Zhang Zhenkun on cost reduction and efficiency enhancement, digital transformation, alternative fuel use and equipment renewal of Asia Cement, and fully affirmed the achievements of Asia Cement Holdings in green and intelligent transformation. President Xiao hopes that Asia Cement will continue to play a leading role in large enterprises and play a greater role in the three major tasks of "steady growth, capacity reduction, transformation and upgrading" in the industry at present and in the medium and long term. At the same time, suggestions are put forward on how to implement green, low-carbon and intelligent transformation and upgrading, and how to make greater contributions to the healthy development of the industry while giving full play to their own advantages and consolidating their competitiveness. Hu Yanbo, Vice President of
Jiangxi Southern Cement, Tao Xuke, General Manager of Ruichang China Building Materials, Ouyang Limin, Business Director of Asian Cement (China), and Tian Long, General Manager of Jiangxi Yadong participated in the discussion.