From October 26th to 27th, the 11th China International Chlor Alkali Conference was held in Xiamen, Fujian Province, with nearly 400 representatives from more than 20 countries and regions around the world attending the conference. President of CCAIA Zhang Wenlei, delivered a speech at the meeting, pointing out that the chlor alkali industry, as a basic raw material industry, faces new opportunities and challenges under the new situation. He continued that CCAIA is ready to strengthen communication and cooperation with international counterparts in the chlor alkali industry by jointly coping with challenges, keeping innovation, enhancing corporate competitiveness, and continuously promoting high-quality development of the chlor alkali industry. At the meeting, Zhang Jianping, a researcher at the International Trade and Economic Cooperation Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, Vice President of the China Society for Socio Economic System Analysis, Ned Monroe, Executive Director of the Global Vinyl Association, Frank Reiner, Executive Director of the World Chlorine Council, Ton Manders, Technical Safety Director of EuroChlor, Boris Yagud, Executive Director of RusChlor, and Milton Rego, Executive Director of Clorosur, Ankur Singh, Vice President and Strategic Director of DCM Shriram in India, and Sabyasachi Mohapatra, Country Head - China at India's Reliance Industries Limited respectively gave special reports on the international macroeconomic situation, the current development status, key issues, and future development trends of the chlor alkali industry in the region; Sunny Jian, Assistant Vice President of Formosa Plastics Corporation, gave a special report on the evolution and trend analysis of the global vinyl raw material pattern; Dong Hongbo, Senior Vice President of Befar Group, gave a special report on the transformation and development of Befar’s chlor alkali and the exploration of smart chlor alkali trend; Zhang Huaitao, Vice General Manager of Xinfa Group, Liu Jianguo, Vice General Manager of Shaanxi Beiyuan, and Liu Lei, Assistant General Manager of Qingdao Haiwan Chemical, respectively gave special reports on market analysis of alumina, polyvinyl chloride, and caustic soda; Nantong Xingqiu Graphite, Caterpillar, Jiangsu Ancan, and Chongqing Bozhang exchanged new processes and technologies in new equipment, hydrogen power generation, industry energy conservation and carbon reduction, and intelligent manufacturing; The Dalian Commodity Exchange and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange introduced the operation of PVC and caustic soda futures and new measures to serve the physical industry; CCAIA also gave a special report on the economic operation and policy analysis of China's chlor alkali industry, as well as the development status and prospects of major chlorine consuming products.