Zhou Yuxian, President of China Cement Association: Actively Explore the Establishment of Market-oriented Capacity Withdrawal Fund

On the afternoon of October 29,

2025, Zhou Yuxian, President of China Cement Association, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Building Materials Group, attended a symposium on high-quality development of cement industry in three provinces and one region of Pan-Northeast China in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. Representatives of industry associations in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia and major cement enterprises in the region participated in the meeting. Zhou Yuxian, President of

China Cement Association, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Building Material Group (Data Map)

The meeting was presided over by Zhao Hongbo, President of Liaoning Building Material Association, Member of the Party Committee of Shanshui Group, Vice President and General Manager of Northeast Operating Area. He first warmly welcomed Zhou Yuxian, President of China Cement Association, and his delegation. He also thanked the China Cement Association for its guidance and assistance to the development of the cement industry in Northeast China. Shao Jun, president of Liaoning Cement Association, reported on the overall operation of the cement industry in the three provinces and one region of Pan-Northeast China since this year. Meng Qinghai, President of

Jilin Cement Association, Li Lei, President of Heilongjiang Cement Association, and Zang Renli, Executive Vice President of Inner Mongolia Cement Association, respectively reported the development status and existing problems of the industry in each province. The principal leaders of enterprises in Shanshui Cement , Northern Cement, Jinyu Jidong, Tianrui, Yatai, Daying, Jinzhong, Yinsheng, Dahuofang, Siping Tianmao and other regions reported on the operation of enterprises, and focused on how to further form industry consensus and deepen industry self-discipline in Northeast China. They exchanged views on achieving high-quality development in breaking the "involution" competition. In his concluding speech, President

Zhou Yuxian put forward six suggestions for the cement industry in the three provinces and one region in Northeast China: first, deeply understand the unilateral and irreversible trend of domestic cement demand in the future, and precisely guide the industry expectation; second, unswervingly promote rigid peak staggering, precise peak staggering, reduce inventory, and promote the balance of supply and demand; The third is to accelerate the promotion of capacity replenishment in the region and consolidate the foundation for long-term and standardized capacity reduction; the fourth is to improve the research and evaluation mechanism of the average cost of the industry in the region and actively maintain a good market price order; the fifth is to actively prepare the industry for carbon market transactions; the sixth is to actively explore the establishment of a market-oriented capacity exit fund to promote long-term rational, orderly and stable market-oriented capacity exit.

Finally, President Zhou said that China Cement Association will continue to support the development of the industry in Northeast China, promote the improvement of the industry ecology and achieve steady growth of the industry. Wei Rushan, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice General Manager of

China Building Material Group, Zhao Xinjun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Tianshan Material, Liu Yu, Vice General Manager of Beijing Jinyu Group, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Tangshan Jidong Cement, Wang Lei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Northern Cement, President of Shanshui Group, and Vice Secretary-General of China Cement Association, participated in the discussion and exchange.