On March 14, the 14th China Cement Industry Summit and TOP100 Award Ceremony hosted by China Cement Network was grandly held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The theme of the Summit was: New Cycle Anti-Involution Breakthrough. In his speech, Shao Jun, chairman of
China Cement Network, said that under the realistic background of declining cement demand and further aggravation of overcapacity, some enterprises lacked strength and blindly implemented radical market strategies, resulting in frequent price wars and damage to the overall interests of the industry. Faced with pressure, the cement industry can only go through the cycle and break through the predicament by improving its resilience and strengthening its confidence. In the new year, facing serious overcapacity and complex and changeable market environment, the cement industry needs to continue to adhere to the "anti-involution" and jointly maintain the stable development of the industry.
In the future, China Cement Network will continue to give full play to its professional advantages in the field of industry digitalization and provide all kinds of data for the industry. Recently, China Cement Network has grandly launched chatCEM, an exclusive artificial intelligence platform for the cement industry, to play a good role as an industry think tank and provide data support for the industry.
The following is the full text of the speech:
Distinguished leaders, distinguished guests:
Hello!
On the occasion of March, spring is in full swing. Welcome to the beautiful Hangzhou to attend the 14th China Cement Industry Summit and TOP100 Award Ceremony hosted by China Cement Network. First of all, on behalf of China Cement Network, I would like to express my warmest welcome and sincere thanks to all the distinguished guests and colleagues from afar!
In 2024, known as the "winter once in 30 years" of the cement industry, the national cement output was 1.825 billion tons, with a full-caliber decline of 9.77%! According to the big data of China Cement Network, the total profit of pure cement business in the cement industry in 2024 may be around 16 billion yuan, with a year-on-year decline of nearly 50%. Most enterprises are in a loss situation, and the business situation is not optimistic.
Under the realistic background of declining cement demand and further aggravation of overcapacity, some enterprises lack strength and blindly implement radical market strategies, resulting in frequent price wars and damage to the overall interests of the industry. Faced with pressure, the cement industry can only go through the cycle and break through the predicament by improving its resilience and strengthening its confidence. At the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held on July 30
last year, it was pointed out that industry self-discipline should be strengthened to prevent "involution" vicious competition. Under the guidance of the central policy, in November of the same year, China Cement Network organized the second anti-volume forum in Tongcheng, Anhui Province, actively advocated strengthening industry self-discipline, resolutely resisted vicious competition, and achieved good results. In the second half of 2024, the operation situation of the industry was obviously better than that in the first half. In the new year, facing serious overcapacity and complex and changeable market environment, the cement industry needs to continue to adhere to the "anti-involution" and jointly maintain the stable development of the industry.
Now is a good time for AI technology to promote innovation in various industries, and the emergence of Deepseek and ChatGPT also brings us new thinking. China Cement Network has been deeply engaged in the cement building materials industry for more than 20 years, continuously relying on huge data accumulation, building a building materials big data platform, constantly improving the industrial big data system with big data, market communication, cement index and concrete index as the core, and enabling the transformation and upgrading of the cement industry with "AI industry brain + digital factory". In the future, China Cement Network will continue to give full play to its professional advantages in the field of industry digitalization and provide all kinds of data for the industry. Recently, China Cement Network has grandly launched chatCEM, an exclusive artificial intelligence platform for the cement industry, to play a good role as an industry think tank and provide data support for the industry.
"a single thread does not make a thread, and a single tree does not make a forest." The development of cement industry can not be separated from the joint efforts of every practitioner. Let us take this summit as an opportunity to break down the barriers between enterprises, strengthen cooperation and exchanges, and gather a strong joint force to promote the development of the industry.
Finally, I wish this summit a complete success! I wish you all good health and a happy life!
Thank you all!
