——Shandong Tianli Energy was re-elected as the president of China General Machinery Association Drying Equipment Branch

On July 30, 2019, the first annual industry conference and the sixth general meeting of the Drying Equipment Branch of China General Machinery Association was held in Beijing Empark Grand Hotel. Dr. Chai Benyin, executive vice president of Shandong Tianli Energy Co., Ltd., presided over the meeting. Mr. Shi Yongchun, research fellow, chairman of the board of Shandong Tianli Energy Co., (deputy chief of the drying professional group of the China Chemical Industry Society and director-general of the China General Machinery Industry Association) , Ms. Huang Li, President of China General Machinery Industry Association, Professor Qu Yixin, chairman of the Chemical Engineering Committee of the Chinese Chemical Industry Association, Professor Liu Xiangdong, vice chairman of Drying Equipment Branch, Mr. Xu Jianping, deputy secretary general of China General Machinery Industry Association, and representatives of dring enterprises attended the meeting.

The conference released the authoritative data report of China's dry industry for the first time, and compiled and released the short films of “People of Drying Industry All Over the World” and “Forty Years of Drying Industry ”. 7 industry-renowned experts including Mr. Arun Mujumdar, chairman of the International Drying Conference (IDS) and professor McGill University of Canada, analyzed the status quo of China's drying industry and looked forward to future development.

Mr. Shi Yongchun, researcher, chairman of Tianli Energy, made an important speech as the chairman of China General Machinery Industry Association. He pointed out that "China's drying industry generally maintains a healthy development trend. Most domestic dry enterprises have achieved good economic benefits. But the market demand for high quality drying equipment is constantly expanding, and energy-saving and environmentally-safe products are the urgent demand for drying equipment of the market. Only by continuous innovation and realizing the combination of modern drying and advanced manufacturing, the drying industry can realize transformation and upgrading and replace old growth drivers with new ones. Development is the unshirkable responsibility and obligation of the Dry Branch." The speech was unanimously affirmed by everyone, and the venue passed the proposal of Shandong Tianli Energy Co., Ltd.’s re-election as the president unit of the Drying Association.

The conference also selected awards for outstanding companies and innovative products. Shandong Tianli Energy Co., Ltd., Tianhua Chemical Machinery and Automation Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd., Changzhou Fanqun Drying Equipment Co., Ltd. and Changzhou Yibu Drying Equipment Co., Ltd. were rated as excellent enterprises, and the meeting assessed 8 kinds of innovative products: T-tube steam rotary dryer (completed by Shandong Tianli Energy Co., Ltd.), drum pressure filter (RPF) (completed by Tianhua Chemical Machinery and Automation Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd.), intelligent equipment for automobile exhaust purification catalyst (completed by Changzhou Fanqun Drying Equipment Co., Ltd.) and other products are on the list.

The year of 2019 will be an important year for the Drying Branch. The Drying Branch will focus on the following tasks under the leadership of the China General Machinery Industry Association: firstly, to strengthen the construction of the Drying Branch itself; secondly, to build a platform for common development through win-win cooperation.

We hope that all colleagues of drying industry will work hand-in-hand  to make concerted and unremitting efforts for the sustainable development of China's modern drying industry, and to pay tribute to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with outstanding achievements.