Explore the new trends and future of the global graphene industry from this international industry event.
From November 14th to 16th, the 2025 (12th) China International Graphene Innovation Conference, jointly hosted by Chint Group and the China Graphene Industry Technology Innovation Alliance (CGIA), was held in Wenzhou (Yueqing) City.
As a benchmark event held for twelve consecutive sessions, the China International Graphene Innovation Conference has become one of the core platforms for global graphene industry exchanges and cooperation. The theme of this year's conference is "Industrial Revitalization with 'New' Graphene for the Future". Focusing on the graphene application market, through featured activities such as the Nobel Prize Dialogue, the Graphene Development Keynote Forum, the Industrial Development Symposium, the International Cooperation Round - Table Forum, the Investment Forum, the Product Promotion Conference, the 2025 International Graphene Awards Ceremony, and the Graphene Materials Application Expo, as well as the industrialization special forums jointly organized by leading enterprises such as the State Grid, Chint Group, BYD, CRRC, and Midea, it continuously gathers global innovative wisdom, captures the pulse of industrial development, promotes the docking and cooperation between graphene innovation achievements and the industrial end, and drives the graphene industry towards a new stage of high - quality development, providing new support, opening up new tracks, and bringing new opportunities for future industries.
Liu Zhongfan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Konstantin Novoselov, a Nobel laureate in physics, a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the director of the Institute of Functional Intelligent Materials at the National University of Singapore; Li Jin, the deputy director of the Building Materials Section of the Raw Materials Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; Huang Xurong, a member of the Party Leadership Group and the deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology; Wang Zhenyong, the vice - mayor of Wenzhou; Pan Yunfu, the director of the Standing Committee of the Yueqing People's Congress; and Nan Cunhui, a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the vice - president of the All - China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and the chairman of Chint Group attended the conference and delivered speeches.
01. Eight Achievements Unveiled: Initiating the Chapter of Industrial Innovation
As a key material leading industrial transformation, graphene has been widely used in fields such as electricity, energy, healthcare, and electronics. At the opening ceremony of the conference, the 2025 Global Graphene Achievements were grandly unveiled, showcasing the breakthrough progress in the graphene field. The eight core achievements released this time cover multi - field innovations. For example, Mengxi fiber and graphene - based carbon fiber lead in material applications; the instant heat pipe contributes to the dual - carbon goal; the high - end chip heat dissipation technology has begun commercial use; the brain - computer interface has completed the world's first human clinical trial; the mass - production technology of 8 - inch graphene wafers has achieved new breakthroughs; and the new era of carbon - based chips is approaching. These achievements transcend national boundaries, making comprehensive efforts from basic materials to industrial applications, reshaping the patterns of multiple industries, and injecting strong impetus into global industrial revitalization and sustainable development.
Among the released achievements, Chint successfully established the production line layout of room - temperature highly conductive graphene - copper composite materials in the new energy and power grid fields, attracting wide attention from the industry. Currently, Chint has been deeply involved in the graphene field for more than a decade, achieving breakthroughs in a number of key core technologies in the research, preparation, and processes of graphene composite new materials. It continuously expands the industrialization paths of graphene in functional coatings, long - term anti - corrosion, efficient heat dissipation, and advanced lithium - battery cathode and anode materials, and has the industrialization ability. Its products have been promoted and applied in scenarios such as low - voltage electrical appliances, medium - and high - voltage power transmission and distribution equipment, and low - altitude aircraft, realizing the leap from "laboratory samples" to "production - line products" and providing strong support for the large - scale mass production and application of graphene new materials.
02. Six Projects Signed: Building a Diversified Support System for Industrial Development
This year's conference deeply focuses on the development needs of the new materials industry, promoting the in - depth integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation and injecting strong "graphene" impetus into the new quality productivity. At the event site, six cooperation projects, including the permanent venue of the China International Graphene Innovation Conference in Wenzhou (Yueqing), the Yueqing Graphene Industry Development Promotion Alliance, the Graphene Alliance Wenzhou (Yueqing) Industrialization Application Base, the Graphene Public Welfare Action Cooperation, the Graphene Industry Application Project Cooperation, and the Establishment of the Yueqing New Materials Industry Investment Fund, were signed and implemented. Through the "technology + industry + fund" trinity collaborative innovation model, it accelerates the industrialization application of graphene innovation achievements and builds a diversified support system for industrial development. This series of signings brings together the forces of the government, alliances, enterprises, and capital, further improving the graphene industrial ecosystem and injecting strong impetus into the high - quality development of the new materials industry.
03. Peak Dialogue: Exploring the Breakthrough Path for the Graphene Industry
Relying on the concept of "diverse dialogues and in - depth thinking", this year's conference builds a top - level platform for global thought exchanges in the graphene field through the "Nobel Prize Dialogue + Special Sub - forums", promoting the in - depth collision between frontier concepts and industrial practices.
Konstantin Novoselov, a 2010 Nobel laureate and one of the discoverers of graphene; Feng Guanping, the founder of the Chinese graphene industry and the chairman of Shenzhen New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.; Francesco Bonaccorso, the developer of the EU Graphene Flagship Program roadmap, a member of the National Research Council of Italy, and the scientific and technological director of Italy's BeDimensional; Li Naihu, the dean of the Research Institute of Chint Group and the vice - president of Chint Electric; and Gao Chao, a Distinguished Professor of Zhejiang University and the founder of Hangzhou Gaoxi Technology Co., Ltd. - five heavy - weight figures from the global academic and industrial circles appeared on the same stage for the first time to launch the special event "Nobel Prize Dialogue: Exploring the Breakthrough Path for the Graphene Industry".
From diagnosing the current situation to finding the breakthrough path, from research paradigms to transformation routes, from innovative applications to future predictions... This "peak dialogue" directly addresses the core focus of the graphene industry. It is not only a concentrated outburst of global graphene wisdom but also provides guidance for China's graphene industry in technological innovation, achievement transformation, and ecosystem construction, helping to seize the global competitive high - ground in the new materials field.
During the special forum session of the conference, Liu Zhongfan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Feng Guanping, the chairman of Shenzhen New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.; Feng Xinliang, an academician of the European Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Sciences; Wang Xueze, the secretary of the Party Committee and the chief engineer of Jiangfeng Technology Group; Gao Chao, a Distinguished Professor of Zhejiang University and the chief scientist of Hangzhou Gaoxi Technology Co., Ltd.; Gianaurelio Cuniberti, an academician of the German National Academy of Engineering; Xu Jianbin from the Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Ding Guqiao, the chief scientist of Zhongke Yueda (Shanghai) Materials Technology Co., Ltd. delivered keynote reports in sequence.
The participating experts said that good materials determine the future of the industry. Currently, the graphene industry is at a critical crossroads from technological breakthrough to large - scale application. We should not only focus on the original innovation from "0 to 1" but also achieve the industrialization breakthrough from "1 to 10" to enable graphene materials to truly empower the high - quality development of the national economy.
04. Trend Forecast: Graphene Will Enter the Golden Age of Application
Li Yichun, a member of the National New Materials Industry Development Expert Consultation Committee, the chairman of the China Graphene Alliance (CGIA), and the chairman of the 2025 China International Graphene Innovation Conference, delivered a keynote report titled "Global Graphene Industry Development Trends & China's Graphene Industry Future Development" at the opening ceremony, highlighting the fruitful achievements of China's graphene industry in the past decade.
Li Yichun pointed out that as a key frontier material, graphene has become a key focus of strategic layout in many countries. The EU, the United States, South Korea, etc. have increased their financial and policy support in a new round, driving the industry into the application - oriented critical period. Currently, China firmly ranks in the first echelon of the global graphene industry, leading the world in terms of patents, production capacity, and market scale. The industrial chain prototype is becoming increasingly perfect, and the industrialization level leads the world. Recently, well - known international media have listed advanced materials such as graphene, drones, high - speed railways, new energy vehicles, and solar panels as the five fields where China leads the world. Li Yichun said that currently, China has initially established a prototype of the graphene industrial chain from raw materials, application materials/functional devices to end - use fields. "In the next decade, graphene will enter the golden age of application."
Andre Geim, the Nobel laureate in graphene, said in a congratulatory letter: "In the past two decades, the development of graphene has exceeded expectations, is changing the world, and is widely used in all aspects of people's lives and production. China is at the forefront of the global graphene industrialization, achieving a full - chain breakthrough from basic research to application implementation, which makes me deeply inspired."
05. Diverse Integration: Jointly Exploring New Paths for Industrial Development
During the conference, the 2025 Graphene Investment Forum and the 2025 Graphene Industry Development Symposium were held simultaneously. The investment forum attracted guests from the investment community such as Jiangfeng Investment and CICC, as well as representatives of 10 high - quality graphene enterprises, providing an efficient platform for capital docking in the graphene industry. The graphene industry symposium focused on topics such as the new global industrial development situation, the core bottlenecks in industrialization, and the collaborative channels among government, industry, academia, research, and application, bringing together major graphene backbone enterprises across the country to jointly explore the high - quality development path of China's graphene industry.
At the meeting, a ceremony was held to appoint senior advisors to the Strategic Committee of the Graphene Alliance, injecting multi - dimensional support into the development of China's graphene industry. In addition, a series of award - giving ceremonies of the China International Graphene Innovation Conference were held during the meeting, setting benchmarks for the development of the graphene industry and continuously inspiring the entire industry to make continuous breakthroughs in technological innovation, industrial transformation, and ecosystem construction, injecting strong impetus into the high - quality development of China's graphene industry. Among them, Academician Feng Xinliang won the IGA Lifetime Honor Award, and Chint Group won the IGA 2025 Graphene Industry Promotion Award.
During the three - day conference, including 1 Nobel laureate, 7 domestic and foreign academicians such as Liu Zhongfan, Zhang Ze, and Zhang Yue, and 10 heads of authoritative graphene institutions from various countries, a total of 200 global experts in the graphene field, as well as representatives of Fortune 500 companies, discussed the future development of the industry with the participating guests around topics such as the application of graphene in civilian fields such as electricity, new energy, composite materials, low - altitude economy, vehicles, thermal management, and agriculture, as well as strategic frontiers and quality system construction. Relying on multi - dimensional channels, the conference further enhanced the global influence of the graphene new materials industry, creating an innovative and diversified global graphene carnival and promoting the graphene industry towards a new pattern of high - quality development.