en.Wedoany.com Reported - China's housing construction is shifting from incremental development to stock renewal, and from scale expansion to quality improvement. The construction of "good houses" has become the core direction for the high-quality development of the building decoration industry.
Li Peichao, Co-President of Gold Mantis Building Decoration Co., Ltd., and Zhang Yufei, Director of CNBM Innovation Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. and Deputy General Manager of BNBM Dragon Brand Group, recently accepted an interview with Xinhuanet. They discussed industry transformation, green building materials innovation, and stock housing renovation, exploring how enterprises can contribute to the construction of "good houses." Li Peichao stated that China's building decoration industry has reached a historic watershed. Over the past three decades, it primarily relied on the dividends of urbanization and real estate development. Now, new scenarios such as stock renewal, urban renewal, and aging-friendly renovation have become the market's main focus. The rules of competition have shifted from scale and speed to delivery quality, payment recovery, and anti-cyclical capability. Gold Mantis has taken the lead in completing three judgments: from incremental to stock, from price to value, and from on-site to factory-based operations.
In terms of upgrading construction methods, Gold Mantis was recognized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development as one of the first national prefabricated building industry bases in 2017. Traditional decoration construction relies on about 80% on-site manual work, with quality stability highly dependent on team experience. Li Peichao explained that through the prefabricated construction system, this ratio has shifted to 30% on-site and 70% off-site, replacing experience-based operations with industrialized standards to achieve predictable, replicable, and traceable delivery quality. In the field of existing housing renovation, Gold Mantis adheres to green renovation standards that emphasize speed, quietness, and minimal pollution. It uses finished assembled steel frames and putty-free processes, deeply integrating with Dragon Brand's gypsum-based products. In multiple projects, this has achieved breakthroughs in noise-free construction and immediate occupancy after installation.
The construction of good houses relies on high-quality material support. Zhang Yufei pointed out that traditional wood-based fire-retardant boards are prone to mold and deformation in humid conditions, and pose risks of flammability and formaldehyde release. Dragon Brand has launched two special gypsum-based products to provide targeted solutions: Dragon Brand fiberglass-faced gypsum-based non-combustible board, which is Class A1 non-combustible, high-strength, moisture-resistant, mold-resistant (Grade 0), formaldehyde-free, and free from harmful substance emissions, suitable for damp environments such as basements and bathrooms; and Dragon Brand King Kong Class A gypsum-based fire-retardant board, which is Class A non-combustible, formaldehyde-free, with superior screw-holding power and resistance to deformation, suitable for areas with high fire resistance requirements such as light troughs, curtain boxes, and soft or hard panels. Both boards offer excellent sound insulation and stability. Zhang Yufei introduced that in a renovation project for an old residential community over 30 years old, the use of these products effectively resolved issues such as deformation, cracking, mold, substandard fire performance, and excessive indoor formaldehyde in ceilings and partition walls, without requiring complete removal of the original walls for upgrades.
Gold Mantis and BNBM Dragon Brand have maintained a strategic partnership since 2008, which has evolved over 17 years into multi-dimensional deep collaboration. Li Peichao stated that the two parties have reached a strategic consensus on the direction of wood-free development, jointly promoting the transition of gypsum-based non-combustible boards from pilot projects to large-scale application. In the future, Gold Mantis will extend its business model from traditional decoration to decoration-plus-operational value chains, accelerate its internationalization in market layout, export China's construction efficiency advantages to emerging markets such as Southeast Asia and the Middle East through prefabricated technology, and fully invest in smart housing and green construction in building methods. Zhang Yufei said that Dragon Brand Group adheres to the philosophy that "materials are not the endpoint, but the starting point of the system." It is working with Gold Mantis to establish a resource-sharing mechanism, focusing on the trend of "wood-free interior decoration," using gypsum-based non-combustible boards as a lever to drive residential decoration toward a healthier, safer, and more sustainable direction.
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