The High-Tech Development Conference of Petroleum and Chemical Industry was successfully held in Shandong Province on June 6, 2023 with the theme of "Innovation Empowerment, High-end Transition and Green Development" that accommodated more than 2,000 participants from the entire value chain, including senior government officials, reputed scholars, C-suite executives, industrial veterans, etc.
OilChem is honored to be the co-organizer of this event together with China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation and the Department of Industrial Information Technology of Shandong Province.
Huang Qifan, former Deputy Major of Chongqing City and a renowned economist, gave a keynote speech at the conference about how to construct a modern industrial system, and suggested that "in order to build a Chinese-style modern industrial system, the real economy shall be taken as the corner stone with manufacturing being the pillar".
The key to achieving emission neutrality in the industry, according to Huang, lies in source reduction, energy conservation, waste recycling and process optimal. In addition, it is of equal importance to nurture leading enterprises that are able to navigate the industrial chain. And China will realize high-quality manufacturing when the market players fare well in green development, digital intelligence and cluster positioning.
A number of specially invited speakers shared their wits and insights on the prospect of China's petroleum and chemical industry and suggestions addressing the development bottlenecks.
Written by Aggie Hu, huchenying@mysteel.com
Edited by Navy Liu, liuchuanjun@mysteel.com