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JINING, China, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

A news release from GLOBAL TIMES ONLINE:

The China (Jining) Advanced Carbon Materials Industry Development Summit Forum

was held in Jining's Jiaxiang county in East China's Shandong province on Aug 7.

More than 100 representatives from the domestic carbon materials industrial

chain, including top-notch experts Liu Zhongfan and Xu Chunming, attended the

forum to discuss in-depth cooperation initiatives between governments,

industries, universities and research institutes and how to boost high-quality

development within the industry.

Jiaxiang county is currently home to more than 20 production and sales

enterprises and covers carbon-based materials, high-end carbon application

materials, new-energy graphite products, asphalt new materials and lithium cell

materials. In 2021, the sector's output value exceeded 4 billion yuan ($592.4

million).

The county has established partnerships with more than 20 universities and

research institutes including Tsinghua University and China University of

Petroleum to form a close-loop industrial chain consisting of research and

development, production, and application.

Shandong Yida New Material Co based in Jiaxiang is one of the major domestic

suppliers of petroleum-based needle coke. In 2021, the company produced 200,000

tons of petroleum-based needle coke, ranking first in China, and exported

13,000 tons of petroleum-based needle coke, which accounted for over 50 percent

of the country's total exports of the product.

SOURCE: GLOBAL TIMES ONLINE