en.Wedoany.com Reported - On the afternoon of July 4, 2026, the 10th President's Meeting of the 7th Council of the Shanghai Stone Industry Association (SSIA) was held in the Chef's Conference Room at Yafan International Plaza. The meeting was chaired by Ying Yuqiao, President of the Association and Chairman of Shanghai Mingzhu Stone Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Mingxing Stone Culture Co., Ltd. Attendees included Chen Xulin, Supervisor of the Association and Chairman of Shanghai Lujiazui Stone Co., Ltd.; Vice Presidents including Huang Renqing, Chairman of Longren Construction; Chen Ping, Chairman of Nantong Guowei Stone; Zhu Shaohua, General Manager of Nantong Xinpengfei Stone Industry; Chen Junming, Chairman of Shanghai Yafan Stone Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd.; Liu Jing, General Manager of Olympia Shanghai Branch; Wang Likua, Chairman of Xinhua Hui Nantong Stone Industry; Song Jiajun, Chairman of Pinhe Stone Industry; and Cai Yongjun, Chairman of Jinbo Construction. The meeting was hosted by Vice President Chen Junming.
During the meeting, Secretary-General Fan Lin'gen reported on the work achievements of the second quarter and key tasks for the second half of the year. In the second quarter, the Association organized a designer salon, conducted professional stone maintenance training, carried out research on waste concrete, advanced the Yangtze River Delta Golden Stone Engineering Quality Competition, and completed a commissioned project for the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. In terms of routine member enterprise services, 20 new short video promotions were launched, covering 17 member companies; 21 training sessions on construction site and enterprise standards were conducted; 122 individuals received online job competency training; 9 new stone filing enterprises and 15 new filing varieties were added; a total of 28 stone engineering projects were filed, with 13 completed and 23 in progress, averaging 6,200 square meters per project. In the second half of the year, the focus will be on concluding the quality competition, establishing green stone standards, conducting routine skills training, promoting industry standards and compliance services, while preparing for the council and member meetings.
The meeting featured in-depth discussions on three major topics: the current economic and industry situation, enterprise operation and development experiences, peer cooperation, and suggestions for the Association's work. Based on the characteristics of the stone industry chain and the actual operational conditions of enterprises, participants reached multiple consensuses and feasible measures.
Participants generally agreed that the current macroeconomic environment is under pressure, competition in the construction and building materials market is intensifying, and the stone industry faces multiple challenges such as project reductions, shrinking profits, homogeneous competition, upgraded environmental standards, and stricter compliance requirements. At the same time, the mandatory promotion of green building materials, the implementation of engineering quality traceability systems, and urban renewal construction present structural development opportunities. Given the customized, quality-focused, and compliance-intensive nature of the stone industry, participating enterprises unanimously agreed on the need for proactive transformation and precise breakthroughs.
Specific measures include: adhering to compliance as a bottom line, fully adapting to new regulations on stone quality traceability, green building materials, and safety production, standardizing the entire process of product filing, quality certificates, re-inspections, and ledger submissions, and leveraging compliance qualifications to secure high-quality projects from government and state-owned enterprises; focusing on quality and differentiated development, abandoning low-price homogeneous competition, concentrating on niche scenarios such as high-end decoration, healthy buildings, and urban renewal, and optimizing the entire process of stone selection, processing, installation, and maintenance; advancing green and low-carbon transformation and upgrading, proactively aligning with green stone standards, optimizing production processes, promoting waste recycling and energy-efficient production, and adapting to mandatory green building material policies; and empowering cost reduction and efficiency gains through digitalization, proactively adapting to the "Internet + supervision" model, and using digital tools to improve engineering information, product traceability, and project management ledgers.
In terms of deepening peer cooperation, participants called on industry enterprises to abandon vicious competition, establish mechanisms for sharing resources and complementary advantages, achieve mutual exchange of projects, technology, and talent, and jointly undertake large-scale key engineering projects. They suggested building an industry experience exchange platform to regularly share high-quality project cases, compliance operation plans, and green transformation experiences. Additionally, they hoped the Association would intensify the promotion of new regulations and standards, conduct targeted specialized training, promptly disseminate industry policies, project tenders, and market dynamics, build a high-quality brand for Shanghai's stone industry, and establish an efficient communication bridge between government and enterprises to help optimize the industry's business environment.
President Ying Yuqiao affirmed the Association's work achievements in the second quarter and set requirements for the next phase: recognize the situation and proactively transform, shifting from scale expansion to a new stage of quality improvement, green compliance, and refined development; collaborate and develop together, strengthening mutual assistance and cooperation among peers to maintain a fair and orderly market environment; implement measures effectively, with the Association sorting out various suggestions, refining the work ledger for the second half of the year, and implementing key tasks such as standard formulation, training empowerment, policy promotion, and compliance services one by one; and uphold the bottom line while improving quality and efficiency, strictly adhering to quality safety, environmental protection, and compliance operation standards, and actively participating in industry standard construction and quality improvement initiatives.
