[Live] Analysis of Power Cable Development Patterns in the 15th Five-Year Plan, Copper and Aluminum Market Analysis, Exploring Opportunities in the Middle East and Africa, and Outlook for PV Enamelled Wire

As the core hub of the national wire and cable industry, Guangdong boasts a complete upstream and downstream industry chain, strong smart manufacturing capabilities, and prominent foreign trade geographical advantages. It deeply radiates the core markets of South China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia, serving as a central pivot for domestic wire and cable product exports and industrial internationalization, and occupies a pivotal strategic position in the national wire and cable industry development landscape.

Currently, China's wire and cable industry is undergoing deep transformation and upgrading, facing both opportunities and challenges. Globally, overseas infrastructure continues to ramp up and the new energy power industry is expanding rapidly, creating vast growth potential for domestic wire and cable enterprises to go global and expand international presence. However, the industry's pain points remain acute: core raw material prices such as copper and aluminum are experiencing wild swings, heightening enterprise cost control risks; severe homogenization of industry capacity and intensifying low-price involution in the market are continually squeezing profit margins, and traditional production and operation models have hit development bottlenecks. In this industry transformation, overcoming these challenges requires digital management, smart upgrades, and lean cost reduction and quality improvement—key paths for wire and cable enterprises to avoid market risks, break free from low-price involution, build core competitiveness, and achieve long-term development.

To leverage the advantages of the South China industrial cluster, precisely address industry pain points, and help the regional wire and cable industry improve quality and efficiency while iterating and upgrading, the , hosted by SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd. (SMM), was grandly held on July 14-15 at the Wyndham Hotel Guangzhou Design Capital in Guangzhou, Guangdong.

The conference featured a rich agenda and numerous highlights, including a company tour of Guangzhou Panyu Cable Group Co., Ltd., opening remarks, keynote speeches by industry guest speakers, a conference banquet dinner, and more. Leveraging SMM's entire industry chain data advantages and high-quality upstream and downstream resources from both in and outside China, the conference focused on four core directions: accurate market forecasting, industry transformation and upgrading, supply-demand resource matching, and enabling channels for going global. It comprehensively assisted South China wire and cable enterprises in discerning industry development trends, learning from digital and smart transformation experiences, integrating premium supply chain resources, and expanding international pathways for going global, thereby consolidating regional industry synergy and propelling the South China wire and cable industry toward a new development stage characterized by high quality, high-end, and internationalization.

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July 14

Company Tour – Guangzhou Panyu Cable Group Co., Ltd.

(13:30-17:00)

July 15

Main Forum

Opening Remarks by Host

SMM Executive Vice President Zhou Bai

Guangxi Dasheng Electric Power Equipment Co., Ltd. General Manager Tang Jianqin

Guangdong Provincial Trade and Industry Development Promotion Association President Hou Shaofan

(09:20-09:30)

Strategic Cooperation Signing Ceremony between SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangxi Dasheng Electric Power Equipment Co., Ltd.

(09:30-09:40)

Guest Speeches

Topic: Analysis of the Impact of Energy and Power Development on the Wire and Cable Industry During the 15th Five-Year Plan Period

Speaker: China Electricity Council (Beijing) Electric Power Testing Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. General Manager Han Wende

(09:40-10:10)

Topic: Review of Copper and Aluminum Prices in H1 2026 and Analysis of New Variables in the Market for Going Global

Speaker: SMM South China Office General Manager Long Huachen

(10:10-10:40)

Topic: Copper Spot and Futures Price Fluctuations and Current Status of the Wire and Cable Industry

Speaker: Shenzhen Bendakang Cable Co., Ltd. Chairman Hou Shaofan

(10:40-11:10)

Topic: Application of Derivative Instruments by Copper Physical Enterprises

Speaker: Shanghai Dongwu Jiuying Investment Management Co., Ltd. OTC Derivatives Department General Manager Feng Chenchuang

(11:10-11:40)

Topic: Challenges and Opportunities for Distribution Networks Under the New-Type Power System

Speaker: Honorary Chair of the Energy Storage and Renewable Energy Major Research Team at China Southern Power Grid; Qiushi Visiting Professor at Zhejiang University Zheng Yaodong

(14:00-14:30)

Topic: China's Opportunities in the Power Transition in the Middle East and Africa: Supply Chain, Standards, and Localization

Speaker: Solarabic China Head Li Delan

(14:30-15:00)

Topic: Research and Development Trends of Copper-Based Thermal Management Materials

Speaker: Dean of the School of Materials, Central South University Li Zhou

(15:10-15:40)

Topic: Factory Digital Transformation and Smart Manufacturing for Cost Reduction and Efficiency Gains

Speaker: Wanma United Holding Group Co., Ltd. Smart Manufacturing Director Yan Liangfeng

(15:40-16:10)

Topic: Towards 2030: Outlook on Global PV End-User Market Trends

Speaker: SMM Senior PV Analyst Wang Shanyu

(16:10-16:40)

Topic: A Brief Analysis of the Enamelled Wire Industry

Speaker: Guangdong Jinyan Electrical Technology Co., Ltd. Sales Center Director Xie Langsheng

(16:40-17:20)

Banquet Dinner

(18:10-20:00)