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EVENTS

CHINA GLASS

2018 COMMUNICATION

PLATFORM FOR

ERFORMANCE
AHEAD OF TECHNOLOGY
PEXPECTATIONS

The Chinese glass industry
performed ahead of ex- EXCHANGE AND
pectations with regards to
output and profit in 2017.
flat glass manufacturers BUSINESS TALKS
In the second half of 2017,

witnessed rising product
prices and business profits.
The total output of the flat
glass industry in the first
11 months of 2017 came China Glass 2018, which has taken place 28 times since its first
to 730.65 million weight
cases with a 3.9 per cent dates, will, this year, witness the recovery of the Chinese glass
rise compared with the
same period of the previous industry. This year’s event will cover 80,000 square metres in
year, as reported by data
released by the National
Statistics Bureau (NSB). 7 halls at SNIEC, with 865 confirmed exhibitors and expecting
The gross output of the flat
glass industry is expected 40,000 global glass industry visitors.
to achieve 800 million
weight cases for 2017, up
3.36 per cent compared to
2016 with profit reached of benefits in 2017. Driven new development tenden- 2018 – A BRIDGE ROLE
around RMB 10 billion. by industry innovation cies, while the repetitive,
The Chinese glass industry and new technology, new extensive and quantitative 2018 is playing a bridge
has entered a new stage of equipment, new products development pattern of role in the implement of
the supply-side structural and new looks created by the glass industry has been the 13th five year plan and
reform, cutting overcapac- large enterprises, the indus- replaced by a new pattern a starting year to carry the
ity, shoring up weak spots, try is refreshing in develop- including middle- and spirit of the 19th national
adjusting structure, ensur- ment and industry upgrade. high-end development and congress of CPC. Along
ing growth and increasing It has also taken on some green development. with further progress of the

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