2021 China Rubber Annual Conference

From April 21st to 23rd, the "16th China Rubber Annual Conference (CRC 2021)" hosted by the China Rubber Industry Association was grandly held at the Shangri - La Hotel in Qingdao. As a leading conference in the rubber industry, at a time when China has achieved major strategic results in epidemic prevention and control, and in the first year of the "14th Five - Year Plan", industry professionals who had been separated by the epidemic for more than a year gathered in Qingdao, making this conference a grand event with over a thousand participants.

CRC 2021 set up one main venue and two sub - venues on "rubber raw materials" and "innovation". More than 20 domestic experts, entrepreneurs, heads of engineering technology and research institutions delivered wonderful reports from different perspectives, deeply analyzed and grasped the frontiers, and contributed their experience and wisdom. They aimed to foster new opportunities and open up new prospects at this new starting point and on this new journey, and boost the Chinese rubber industry to make new and greater achievements.

Wang Xin, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Trade Remedy Investigations of the Ministry of Commerce, delivered a report titled "Based on the New Development Stage, Implementing the New Development Concept, Conforming to the New Development Pattern, and Promoting New Development, Improvement and Breakthroughs in the Rubber Industry". He said that the epidemic remains an uncertain factor in foreign trade development. With the restorative growth of production and exports in various countries, Chinese enterprises are facing increased competition. The epidemic has also exacerbated protectionism and anti - globalization, and trade frictions remain at a high level. The tire industry should attach importance to dealing with trade frictions and achieve high - quality development. On the one hand, it should correctly understand that the increase in trade frictions reflects the strength of a major trading country, and also indicates that there is still a gap from becoming a trading powerhouse. Trade frictions are both a challenge and an opportunity. They are a hurdle for enterprise development and a necessary path for China to transform from a major trading country to a trading powerhouse. On the other hand, it is necessary to properly handle trade frictions, be brave enough to respond to lawsuits and strive to win. It is necessary to strive to find the convergence points of Chinese and foreign industrial interests, and further explore more business models for cooperation to resolve trade frictions and achieve a win - win situation. It is necessary to make medium - and long - term plans for investment and production. Attention should be paid to exploring emerging markets and making reasonable arrangements.