From May 11 to 13, 2024, the Belt Conveyor Branch of the China Heavy Machinery Industry Association held its 2024 Members' Meeting and Council Meeting at the foot of Mount Tai. Themed "Continue to Strive for Greater Heights," the meeting outlined seven development tasks for the branch, focusing on accelerating the high-end, intelligent, and green transformation of the belt conveyor industry. Over 300 participants, including local government leaders, experts, scholars, and entrepreneurs from the belt conveyor industry, attended the meeting.

On site Member Meeting
On the afternoon of May 11th, the Belt Conveyor Branch held its second meeting of the 11th Board of Directors. The meeting reviewed the 2023 Work Report and Financial Report and agreed to submit them to the General Assembly. The meeting also reviewed the 2024 new member list and the list of members of the branch's technical expert group. Delegates also engaged in in-depth discussions on board member proposals.

The Second Meeting of the Eleventh Board of Directors
The members' meeting of the Belt Conveyor Branch held on May 12th was chaired by Zhang Rongjian, Secretary General of the Belt Conveyor Branch of the China Heavy Machinery Industry Association, in the morning.

Zhang Rongjian, Secretary General of Belt Conveyor Branch of China Heavy Machinery Industry Association
Yuan Jiudang, Vice Chairman of the Tai'an Municipal Political Consultative Conference, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He introduced the development of mining machinery and engineering machinery industry in Tai'an City, and welcomed the attending entrepreneurs to cooperate and exchange ideas with local enterprises to jointly promote the development of the industry.

Yuan Jiudang, Vice Chairman of the Tai'an Municipal Political Consultative Conference
Zhang Yuan, Vice Chairman of Libo Heavy Industry Technology Co., Ltd., delivered a welcome speech.

Zhang Yuan, Vice Chairman of Libo Heavy Industry Technology Co., Ltd.
Jing Xiaobo, Executive Vice Chairman of China Heavy Machinery Industry Association, delivered a speech and fully affirmed the work of the branch over the past year. He put forward seven suggestions for the work of the branch: enhancing political standing, strengthening scientific exploration, forging ahead with innovation, strengthening standard guidance, actively participating in standard formulation and revision, strengthening the construction of integrity system, strengthening international exchange and cooperation, going global and introducing talents, strengthening the construction of talent team, providing four services (government, members, industry and society), and playing a role as a bridge and link.

Jing Xiaobo, Executive Vice Chairman of China Heavy Machinery Industry Association
Sun Shanjin, Chairman of Shandong Shankuang Machinery Co., Ltd., reported on the second meeting of the 11th board of directors.

Sun Shanjin, Chairman of Shandong Shankuang Machinery Co., Ltd.
Li Ping, Chairman of the Belt Conveyor Branch, conducted a comprehensive review of the branch's work in 2023, analyzed the current development status and main problems of the industry, proposed the industry's promotion of the new industrialization strategy proposed by the country, implemented industrial technology upgrading through large-scale equipment updates, and identified the key tasks of the association.

Li Ping, Chairman of the Belt Conveyor Branch
Executive Deputy Secretary General Yang Jun reported on the financial work of the branch in 2023.

Yang Jun, Executive Deputy Secretary General of Belt Conveyor Branch
During the special report session, Wang Jisheng, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China Heavy Machinery Industry Association, delivered a report titled "The Development and Outlook of the Heavy Machinery Industry." He outlined the overall performance of the heavy machinery industry in 2023 and offered suggestions on how industry enterprises can achieve high-quality development, focusing on national strategies, market opportunities, industrial chain security, industry pain points, and key areas of focus for industry development.

Wang Jisheng, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of China Heavy Machinery Industry Association
Su Buxin, Business Director of Metallurgical Industry Press, gave a speech on "A New Journey for High Quality Development of the Steel Industry", analyzing in depth the challenges and opportunities currently faced by the steel industry.

Su Buxin, Business Director of Metallurgical Industry Press
Wang Zhixiong, Assistant Secretary General and Department Director of the Machinery Industry Technology Development Foundation and the Machinery Industry Energy Conservation and Resource Utilization Center, interpreted the "National Industrial Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Technology Equipment Selection and Promotion Policy". He stated that with the further deepening of industrial energy conservation and green development, and the further promotion of the "dual carbon" goal, the fundamental role of the selection and promotion of industrial energy-saving technology and equipment will be further highlighted. Promoting the use of advanced energy-saving technology and equipment is not only a guarantee for improving energy efficiency, but also provides equipment conditions for the use of low-carbon energy such as renewable energy. It is also a technical support for the low-carbon and zero carbon transformation of the industrial industry. Under the guidance of the new development concept, governments at all levels will actively use policy tools to continuously promote the promotion of energy-saving technology and the deepening of green system construction.

Wang Zhixiong, Assistant Secretary General and Department Director of the Energy Conservation and Resource Utilization Center in the Machinery Industry
Dr. Chen Hang from Liaoning University of Engineering and Technology gave a report on "Macro-Micro Mechanical Properties and Energy Consumption Mechanism of Steel Wire Cord Rubber Conveyor Belts", in which he gave an in-depth interpretation and research sharing on the energy consumption mechanism and energy-saving technology of rubber conveyor belts.

Dr. Chen Hang from Liaoning University of Engineering and Technology
Zhang Yuan, Vice Chairman of Libo Heavy Industry Technology Co., Ltd., gave a detailed introduction to the key technology research and application of long-distance intelligent energy-saving belt conveyor system, providing new ideas for industry technological progress. In addition, during the conference, Zhang Yanjun, Deputy Secretary General of the China Heavy Machinery Industry Association, read out the "Decision on Hiring Technical Experts in Belt Conveyor Machinery" and presided over the issuance of the appointment letter.

Zhang Yanjun, Deputy Secretary General of China Heavy Machinery Industry Association

Send Appointment Letters to Experts from the Belt Conveyor Branch
On the afternoon of May 12th, the meeting entered into an exchange and discussion session. This session is hosted by Chang Xiaolin from Taizhong Group Xiangming Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. Representatives from Shandong Xinkaite Bearing Co., Ltd., Shandong Xiangtong Rubber and Plastic Technology Co., Ltd. and other enterprises took the stage to speak and share their latest research results and application cases in the field of belt conveyors.

Chang Xiaolin from Taizhong Group Xiangming Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.

Xing Shuwei, General Manager of Shandong Xinkaite Bearing Co., Ltd.

Zhang Zhenyu, General Manager of Shandong Xiangtong Rubber and Plastic Technology Co., Ltd.
Qian Jiang, Chief Technology Officer of Beijing Midas Technologies Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Zhonglin Group Engineering Design and Research Co., Ltd., introduced the concept and application of "Innovative Structural Design of a 340m Main Span Suspension Tube Conveyor." Wu Liping, Chief Engineer of Hunan Zhongte Hydraulic Transmission Machinery Co., Ltd., shared the "Application of Permanent Magnetic Couplings in Belt Conveyors."

Qian Jiang, Chief Technology Officer of Beijing Midas Technology Co., Ltd., Zhonglin Group Engineering Design and Research Co., Ltd.

Wu Liping, Chief Engineer of Hunan Zhongte Hydraulic Transmission Machinery Co., Ltd.
The meeting also announced the list of new members for the Belt Conveyor Branch in 2024 and awarded member unit plaques to the new members. Weng Shixi, Chief Engineer of Harbin Bearing Manufacturing Co., Ltd., spoke on behalf of the new members.



This conference has rich content, including industry situation sharing and technical knowledge exchange; The belt conveyor industry involves both pain points and industry analysis reports, making it a feast for the industry. The attending representatives expressed that this conference not only provided a platform for industry colleagues to exchange and learn, but also injected new impetus into the future development of the belt conveyor industry.
In addition, on May 13th, the attending representatives also visited Libo Manufacturing Base, Shandong Ouruian Electric Co., Ltd. and other places to gain a deeper understanding of the production process and technological innovation of belt conveyors.

The successful convening of this conference not only promotes communication and cooperation in the belt conveyor industry, but also lays a solid foundation for the future development of the industry. I believe that with the joint efforts of all parties, the belt conveyor industry will usher in new development.
