At the 2020 Annual Conference of China's Aluminum Processing Industry, Chang Guowu, Deputy Director of the Raw Materials Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, delivered a speech at the conference. In his speech, Chang Guowu analyzed the current problems and challenges faced by my country's aluminum processing industry, and put forward four opinions on accelerating the high-quality development of the aluminum processing industry.

Chang Guowu said that the aluminum processing industry is the second largest metal industry after the steel processing industry, and it is an important pillar industry to improve the development level of the industrial chain and promote the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry. my country's aluminum processing industry accounts for more than half of the world's production capacity, and its equipment technology is at the world's level. On the basis of basically meeting the needs of national economic construction, its products are exported to more than 200 countries and regions around the world, and it has become the world's aluminum production, consumer and exporter. Especially since the beginning of this year, the domestic aluminum processing industry has actively responded to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and coordinated the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and resumption of work and production.

At present, the profit of the aluminum processing industry has gradually changed from negative to positive, which has become a key factor for the smooth operation of the non-ferrous metal industry. But at the same time, we must also see that the foundation for the continuous improvement of my country's aluminum processing industry is not stable, and the task of transformation and upgrading is still arduous. From a domestic perspective, the growth rate of traditional consumption fields such as building structure and transportation has slowed down. In 2019, primary aluminum consumption showed negative growth for the first time, and aluminum consumption is about to enter the platform area. The scale of aluminum processing capacity is too large, and the contradiction between supply and demand is more prominent. From an international perspective, trade protectionism and unilateralism are on the rise, economic globalization has encountered adverse currents, aluminum anti-dumping investigations have occurred frequently, and foreign demand has declined under the superimposed epidemic. From January to July, my country's aluminum exports were only 2.62 million tons. A year-on-year decrease of 15.6%, the pressure on aluminum exports will continue to increase in the future.

At the same time, technological breakthroughs and industrial applications of high-end materials such as aviation aluminum, automotive aluminum, and power battery aluminum foil need to be accelerated, the stability and consistency of quality need to be further improved, and the ability to meet and lead downstream demand needs to be further improved. promote. Chang Guowu emphasized that in the next step, everyone should conscientiously implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important speeches, find a correct position in the dual-cycle development pattern, and take practical and effective measures to accelerate the promotion of aluminum processing in combination with the actual situation of the aluminum processing industry. High-quality development of the industry.

One is to actively expand domestic demand. Give full play to the comprehensive advantages of aluminum products such as excellent performance and environmental friendliness, look for opportunities in adapting and leading consumption upgrades, continue to develop application fields, expand market scale, and promote the application of aluminum alloy energy-saving thermal insulation doors and windows and other green building materials products, in municipal construction, furniture , agricultural, health and epidemic prevention and other fields to explore new highlights of aluminum consumption, and form a consumption demonstration role.

The second is to strengthen innovation drive. Give full play to the primary driving force of innovation-led development. Through the upstream and downstream cooperation mechanism of civil aircraft materials, aviation materials, new energy vehicle materials, advanced marine engineering and high-tech ship materials, high-speed rail materials and other national new material production and application demonstration platforms, continue to promote upstream and downstream joint research, and guide enterprises to break through quality stability The key core technologies such as stability and consistency control will promote my country's aluminum processing industry to move towards the mid-to-high end of the global value chain.

The third is to improve the level of intelligence. Implement the guidelines for the construction of intelligent processing plants in the non-ferrous metal industry jointly issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments, promote the construction of non-ferrous intelligent processing plants that respond quickly, collaboratively and efficiently, form an intelligent manufacturing alliance in the non-ferrous industry, and focus on the promotion and application of detailed results and the formulation of industry standards. , pilot demonstration and other work, to create a group of benchmarking enterprises and professional solution providers.

Fourth, accelerate coordinated development. Give full play to the advantages of the existing aluminum processing agglomeration area, such as mature industrial facilities, talent gathering, and mature marketing network, attract domestic and foreign advanced technology and innovation resources, strengthen technical cooperation and talent exchanges, actively expand and lengthen the industrial chain, and strengthen the cluster effect , to achieve mutual benefit and win-win.

Chang Guowu said that he hoped that people in the aluminum industry would have extensive exchanges and actively offer advice and suggestions, especially to strengthen the exchange of experience in expanding aluminum consumption and promoting the orderly development of the industry. make new and greater contributions.