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After two days of tight conference agenda on 27th and 28th September, the 2016 15th China International Silver Annual Meeting was closed successfully in Guangzhou. The meeting hosted by China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters, The Silver Institute, Gems & Jewelry Trade Association of China and China General Chamber of Commerce and co-hosted by Guangdong Precious Metal Trading Centre has drawn enormous attention.
The 400 guests invited to the meeting from the country comes from all silver-related walks of life, including smelting production, processing and trade, as well as silver-consuming downstream enterprises, research and investment agencies etc., among which are mainstream experts of the full industrial chain in the silver industry. This meeting is one of the biggest and of the highest grade throughout the year in the silver industry. This year, the meeting carries the theme of “Innovation, Coordination, Green, Openness and Sharing”, with an emphasis on the probing into the opportunities in the silver industry that are revealed under the structural transformation of the Chinese economy. According to reports, this fifteenth anniversary of the Silver Annual Meeting held in Guangzhou is the most popular and attention drawing one up to date.
In the morning of the 27th, the official opening of the 15th China International Silver Annual Meeting was announced. The opening ceremony was presided over by the Vice President of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, Chen Quanxun, with opening address delivered by Mr. Michael Dirienzo, CEO of The Silver Institute, Mr. Liu Wei, Deputy GM of Guangdong Rising Assets Management Co., Ltd and Senior Vice Chairman of Guangdong Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, Mr. Cao Hongzhi, County CPC Committee Member of Yongxing County and Secretary of Politics and Law Committee and Mr. Wang Jingbo of Yintech Investment Holdings Limited. And then the grand launching ceremony of the World Silver Yearbook (Chinese Edition) in Mainland China was officially held.
Vice President of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, Chen Quanxun giving an opening speech.
Deputy GM of Guangdong Rising Assets Management Co., Ltd and Senior Vice Chairman of Guangdong Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, Liu Wei, welcoming the guests from across the country.
This year’s meeting had 6 special reports, each of which placed emphasis on different matters. In the subsequent Special Reporting Agenda, 13 leading experts on silver studies either construct opinions from a strategically advantageous position, or painstakingly reel silk from cocoons. During the 2-day session, the experts shared their views on the latest research findings and authoritative judgment on the silver industry from various dimensions. The meeting raised some issues on the latest industrial research findings and authoritative judgment, which would give a significant influence on the future mainstream perspectives of the silver market.
Vice President of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, Wang Jian, delivering a subject report on the trend of development of the Chinese Silver Industry under the “New Normal”
CEO of The Silver Institute, Michael Dirienzo, reporting on the Demand Prospect of Silver in PV Industry and Ethylene Oxide.
As the co-host of this year’s meeting, the President of the Guangdong Precious Metal Trading Centre, Zhang Jiong, shared The Centre’s vigorous exploration and major findings on the new phase and the new model of the silver industry. Spot silver trading has always been a relatively traditional market. Relying on its powerful professional resources in the industry, The Centre introduced the “Internet +” concept, and established “No.1 Silver Market”as the vertical B2B marketplace for the brand, hoping to provide both parties in the industrial trading with online listing and offline matching through exploring the possibility of integrating and reshaping the environment of traditional spot silver trading with the Internet thinking, and guiding towards the open and transparent status of online pricing, thus realizing the optimal trade matching in the spot silver market.
“No.1 Silver Market” aims to provide a platform for value-added services which adopts a brand new business model. It is designed to solve the problems that exist in the sorest point of the spot silver trading, and to serve the entire trading chain through quoting, trading, shipping, logistics and finance, supplying the silver industry with an Internet all-platform trading solution, thereby truly serving the entity economy. It should be noted that the special report given by Zhang Jiong, the President of the Guangdong Precious Metal Trading Centre was greeted with widespread attention from the guests. The operating philosophy and methods of The Centre’s “No.1 Silver Market” is a touch on the sorest point of spot silver trading, substantially cutting down the trading process of silver, improving the circulation efficiency of silver, thereby driving the service for entity enterprises in a real sense and this is considered by many the most down to earth solution for silver trading.
After the full day of special reporting, in the morning of the 28th, the meeting entered into its final agenda, where the Vice President of Guangdong Precious Metal Trading Centre Ms. Gao Rongli hosted the last two phases of the special reporting and the closing ceremony.
After the special reporting segment, the meeting arena welcomed a brief but grand handover ceremony of the Flag and the Ding of the meeting. The Vice President of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, Mr. Wang Jian officially handed over the Flag and the Ding of the Meeting to the next host.
Until this point, the 15th China International Silver Annual Meeting successfully came to an end in cheering. Some guests were invited to visit the Guangdong Precious Metal Trading Centre after the meeting, and continue some deep discussions and negotiations.
This year’s meeting stands out from various aspects, amongst others are the special reporting session, the organization of the meeting and its agenda. In 2016, “Internet +” would go deep into the traditional industries, along with the sharp rise in silver prices, the forces of the whole industry would be focusing more on the future of the industry, the silver enterprises and practitioners representing the vast majority would therefore attend the meeting one after another. The theme of the seminar covers intense topics like new business models, risk management and control of the silver investment and the analysis on the national macroeconomics. In addition, the organizers of the meeting discussed abundant elements of the Internet through field organization and theming discussion, therefore achieving communication activities of the live broadcast and online WeChat group chat. And as the co-host, the expertise and the services provided by on-site staff at The Centre received universal acclaim.
Time of celebrations always fleets. Thanks to the five hosts: China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters, The Silver Institute, Gems & Jewelry Trade Association of China and China General Chamber of Commerce for providing such an excellent platform for industrial seminars, and thanks to the professional organization of the co-host, Fangantai Information development co., LTD, and even a bigger appreciation to the 400 guests who participated in the meeting, this meeting wouldn’t be so splendid without the support of any of the above.
The Silver Annual Meeting, we’ll meet again next year!
