The press conference for the 21st China International Foundry Expo and the signing ceremony for the high-quality development salon of basic manufacturing processes was held in Beijing.

　　In order to accelerate the smooth flow of various links in the upstream and downstream of basic manufacturing processes and to help China's manufacturing industry accelerate its high-quality development, the China Foundry Association, in conjunction with the China Forging Association, the China Heat Treatment Industry Association, the China Surface Engineering Association, and the China Welding Association, held the "21st China International Foundry Expo Press Conference and High-Quality Development Salon for Basic Manufacturing Processes Signing Ceremony" in Beijing on March 15, 2023, under the high attention of various parties in the machinery industry and news media.

      Leaders from various organizations attended the event, including Zhang Libo, President of the China Foundry Association; Fan Qi, Executive Vice President; Wang Dongsheng, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General; Gao Wei, Executive Vice President; Zhang Jin, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the China Forging Association; Qi Junhe, Chairman of the Supervisory Board; Lü Dongxian, Secretary-General of the China Heat Treatment Industry Association; Sun Chao, Deputy Secretary-General; Wang Xinguo, Secretary-General of the China Surface Engineering Association; Song Zhifu, Deputy Secretary-General; Wang Lujun, Vice President of the China Welding Association; Li Qin, President of the China Machinery Industry Safety and Health Association; Guo Lijun, Member of the Party Committee and Vice President of China Industrial News; Jiang Xicheng, Deputy Secretary-General of the Metallurgical Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade; Cao Lei, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the Beijing Business Service Industry Association; Yu Zhenyu, Deputy Director of the Shenyang Business Affairs Service Center; Song Mingchun, Deputy General Manager of the National Exhibition Center (Tianjin); Wang Yuxian, Deputy General Manager of the National Exhibition Center (Shanghai); and nearly a hundred leaders from various news organizations and new media platforms such as China Industrial News, Electromechanical Business News, Forging and Stamping, Metal Processing (Hot Processing), China Electroplating, China Welding Information, Intelligent Manufacturing, Lost Foam and V Method, Future Casting, China Die Casting, Casting Information, China Foreign Exhibition, Foundry Headlines, China Forging Network, and Foundry Industry Economic Network. Meanwhile, leaders from local associations/academies in Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hunan, Guangdong, Henan, Shandong, Tianjin, Hebei, heads of branches under the China Foundry Association, and many industry media outside Beijing such as Casting Technology, Special Casting and Nonferrous Alloys, China Foundry Equipment and Technology, Casting Equipment and Processes, Casting World, Die Casting Weekly, Baizhu Network, Intercontinental Media, Shanghai Nonferrous Network, Ad7 Exhibition Platform, Hot Processing Forum, and Vibration Machinery Network participated online; over a thousand invited guests interacted online through live streaming.