On November 25, 2023, the “Seminar on Expanding New Markets in the Plastic Pipeline Industry” was held at the Shaoxing International Convention and Exhibition Center in Zhejiang Province, hosted by the China Plastics Processing Industry Association and organized by the Plastic Pipeline Professional Committee of the China Plastics Processing Industry Association. This meeting focuses on exchanging ideas on new directions, new markets, new challenges, and opportunities for the future development of the plastic pipeline industry. More than 100 representatives from plastic pipeline production enterprises, upstream and downstream industries related to the industrial chain, testing institutions, research institutes, and other units attended the meeting.
　　The meeting was chaired by Guo Jing, Executive Deputy Secretary General of the Plastic Pipeline Special Committee of the China Plastics Association, and Wei Ruoqi, Secretary General of the Plastic Pipeline Products Sub Technical Committee of the Group Standardization Technical Committee of the China Plastics Association. Wang Zhanjie, Chairman of the China Plastics Association, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony, introducing the current development of China's plastic processing industry and plastic pipeline industry, and providing work guidance on the development of the plastic pipeline industry. President Wang pointed out that in the past two years, the world's century long changes have accelerated, and the economy is facing various risks and challenges, which have had a huge impact on the plastic industry. We must strengthen our confidence and work together to tackle the challenges of industry development. We must strengthen our beliefs and enhance our confidence in development; We must adhere to innovation driven approach and enhance development momentum; To be application oriented and meet market demand; To strengthen industry self-discipline and focus on quality improvement; We should actively engage in exchanges and cooperation to promote market expansion both domestically and internationally. In the new situation, the plastic pipeline industry should continue to improve quality, reduce costs, and increase efficiency, strengthen technological innovation, focus on leading the “four modernizations”, pragmatically overcome various problems in development, explore new markets in the industry, increase development space, and steadily move forward on the path of high-quality development.
　　The conference arranged a total of 5 special reports around the theme of “Expanding New Markets in the Plastic Pipeline Industry”, introducing the development of plastic pipeline application markets, related product technologies, and the application of plastic pipelines in the nuclear power field, intelligent development, and other aspects.
　　Gao Lixin, Director of the Plastic Pipeline Special Committee of the China Plastics Association, gave a report titled “Development History, Application Status, and Market Exploration of Plastic Pipelines”, introducing the development history and current situation of plastic pipelines, and elaborating on the application status and market prospects of plastic pipelines in the housing and construction industry, as well as the development of the plastic pipeline market.