On June 18th, the 2025 Fifth Aluminum Profile Entrepreneurs Forum was held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, with the main responsible persons of 20 aluminum profile enterprises in attendance. The forum was presided over by Fan Shunke, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association and the president of the China Nonferrous Metals Processing Industry Association.
The entrepreneurs attending the meeting had a thorough communication and exchange on the new situation and challenges currently faced by China's aluminum profile industry, reached a broad consensus, and unanimously expressed their determination to resolutely oppose the "involutive-style" vicious competition, jointly promote high-quality development, and put forward four initiatives.
1. Strengthen industry self-discipline
(1) The entire industry should establish a sense of a community with a shared future, adhere to regular communication and exchanges, and strengthen industry self-discipline. The entire industry should invest with caution and strictly control new production capacity. All aluminum profile enterprises should treat their suppliers well and promote the healthy and long-term development of the industrial chain. Leading enterprises should have a big and imposing appearance and take the lead in self-discipline within the industry.
(2) We do not oppose price competition, but we firmly resist vicious price competition that is lower than cost. Enterprises should fully safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of their employees, ensuring that safety, environmental protection and other aspects fully meet the requirements of national and industry standards as well as relevant laws and regulations.
(3) Actively and proactively strengthen risk prevention and control. We must deeply learn from the painful lessons of the collapse of real estate developers like Evergrande, resolutely oppose the unreasonable demands of downstream users in the new energy vehicle, lithium battery, solar photovoltaic and other industries to further extend the payment period, and persist in striving towards the goal of gradually shortening and eventually eliminating the payment period. Refuse any payment method other than cash and bank acceptance drafts. Resist the unreasonable behaviors of downstream users such as malicious and frequent bidding and collusion to lower prices through bid-rigging. Strengthen the classification and grading of customers, enhance cash flow management, and strengthen the prevention and control of risks such as funds and fraud.
Second, re-plan and re-position to proactively adapt to changes in the downstream market
All aluminum profile enterprises should fully recognize the profound changes in the traditional real estate consumption market, and have an insight into the development trends and characteristics of emerging consumption markets such as new energy vehicles and solar photovoltaic. They should always keep in mind that "some difficulties are phased and cyclical, but some may be long-term or even irreversible", and proactively adapt to the changes in the downstream market. Re-plan and adjust the enterprise development strategy in a timely manner.
Iii. Promoting high-level exports
Carry forward the spirit of the second entrepreneurship and strengthen the exploration of emerging markets. Actively respond to trade frictions, respond to every case, and resolutely safeguard one's own legitimate rights and interests. For countries and regions that already have trade protection measures, they should focus on niche markets and follow a differentiated and characteristic export path. It is necessary to extend towards deep processing and transform from the export of aluminum materials to the export of aluminum products.
Iv. Promoting high-quality Development
To adapt to the needs such as accelerated product iteration, strengthen the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and continuously improve the capacity for independent innovation; Strengthen the development of new products, cultivate new application scenarios, and continuously expand the application of aluminum profiles; Implement the national "dual carbon" strategy and increase the application of low-carbon aluminum such as green power aluminum and recycled aluminum. Strengthen the extension of the industrial chain, persist in developing towards deep processing fields such as aluminum products, and continuously move towards the end of the industrial chain and the high end of the value chain; Strictly adhere to the quality bottom line, attach great importance to the impact of auxiliary materials such as powder coatings and heat insulation strips on product quality, and ensure that the quality of aluminum profiles and products meets national and industry standards.
