On August 23-25th, 2023 SMM China Zinc Industry Conference was grandly held in Tianjin, with representatives of upstream and downstream zinc industry enterprises and industry association experts and scholars from across the country attending the event. This conference deeply focuses on the demand for high-quality development of the zinc industry, with the theme of "industrial linkage, green manufacturing, and improving quality and efficiency". Gather industry elites for brainstorming, collision of views, and constantly explore new models, new ideas, and new directions for the future development of the industry.

As one of the important downstream demand users of the zinc industry chain, Chen Guangling, General Manager of Youfa Group, was invited to attend and deliver a speech at this conference. He said in his speech that since the beginning of this year, due to the weak recovery of the real estate industry, the slowdown of infrastructure investment, zinc processing enterprises once faced the problem of declining orders, slowing demand, operating rate load decline, wide price shocks, etc. Under the background of macroeconomic pressure operation, the zinc industry chain continues to change business ideas, adjust the strategic direction, and actively promote transformation and upgrading. Embark on the road of high-quality development.

He also said that as a large zinc consumer in the industry, Youfa Group's annual purchase of zinc ingots is close to 300,000 tons. He hopes to rely on the characteristics of Youfa Group's large demand for zinc, stable demand, single procurement specifications, and concentrated procurement, and establish a stable cooperative relationship with upstream zinc production and processing enterprises, play the role of "ballast stone" in market price stability, jointly build a reasonable and stable price system, maintain the stable development of the zinc industry chain in a mutually beneficial and win-win way, and add new momentum for high-quality development.

He also called that under the "double carbon" policy, under the pressure of carbon peak, the domestic zinc supply side will take high-quality development, innovation and green development as the leading direction, resolve excess production capacity, eliminate backward production capacity, and break the ineffective supply will become the new trend of the industry. In this case, zinc production enterprises must not take chances, only firmly do green development practitioners and executors can laugh in the industry's big reshuffle to the end.

General Manager Chen Guangling's forward-looking views and unique analysis of the zinc industry chain were highly recognized by the guests and business representatives, and the venue erupted bursts of warm applause from time to time.

In addition, during the conference, industrial chain enterprises for zinc market technology and industrial development of in-depth thematic exchanges and discussions, relevant industry analysts and experts on the later market of zinc market analysis and outlook, the whole conference is full of real stuff, full of sincerity.Through in-depth communication with upstream and downstream enterprises, participants of Youfa Group also have a clearer understanding of the whole market and a clearer direction for future development.

After the meeting, under the careful arrangement of the conference organizers, the participants visited the first branch of Youfa Group.As a "national Green Factory" and 3A tourist attraction named by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the green, low-carbon and circular economic development model of the first branch of Youfa Group was highly praised and recognized by the visiting representatives.