Vienna, July 2025 – He Chengfa, Deputy General Manager and Party Committee member of Conch Group, met with UNIDO Deputy Director-General Zou Ciyong during the 2025 International Forum on Carbon Reduction in Building Materials.
Key Discussion Points
◉ UNIDO Perspective (Zou Ciyong):
Recognized Conch as an industry pioneer in AI integration and green manufacturing
Highlighted Conch’s achievements in:
✓ Energy conservation & carbon reduction
✓ Digital transformation benchmarks
Proposed collaboration frameworks:
▶ Joint AI application labs
▶ Global knowledge-sharing platforms
▶ Emerging economy capacity-building
◉ Conch’s Response (He Chengfa):
Showcased triple-core development strategy:
» High-end product innovation
» Intelligent manufacturing systems
» Closed-loop green production
Committed to:
✓ Co-developing carbon accounting standards
✓ Establishing global decarbonization demonstration bases
✓ Sharing proprietary technologies (e.g. carbon capture retrofit kits)
Strategic Alignment
Both parties endorsed:
✓ Creating UNIDO-Conch Industrial AI Task Force
✓ Launching Global Cement Decarbonization Initiative (GCDI)
✓ Hosting 2026 "Green Cement Week" in Anhui Province
Delegation Participants