The 9th International Marine Anticorrosion and Antifouling Forum (IFMCF2024), co-organized by the Key Laboratory of Marine New Materials and Application Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and DT New Materials, was held at the Ningbo Donggang Sheraton Hotel from April 17 to 19, 2024.

This forum is guided by industry needs and focuses on key application directions such as marine clean energy development equipment, marine transportation equipment and marine aquaculture equipment. Experts from enterprises, universities and research institutes are invited to work together to form a high-level industry-university-research-application exchange platform, which has begun to have an important influence in the field of marine new materials and equipment. The participating representatives conducted extensive exchanges and cooperation on the current status of industrial development, corrosion protection technology, and end-user needs.

With the theme of "Discovering New Growth", this forum will discuss the following core issues with industry colleagues:

(1) How should international regulations and standards for marine antifouling coatings be implemented?

(2) How will the future development trend of the marine corrosion and protection industry evolve?

(3) The trend of comprehensive development of marine resources has arrived. Which new materials and new technologies have greater growth potential?

(4) How can these new materials and technologies be adapted to different marine industries?

(5) How can the overall innovation of the marine new materials industry chain break through?

In response to the above issues, Li Guangjun, general manager of Shandong Furi Xuanwei New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., delivered a special speech on "Application of Wet, Rusty and Underwater Cured Heavy Anti-corrosion Coating Materials in Coastal Port Engineering" in the "Offshore Energy Development Equipment" session of this forum on April 19.

The speech pointed out that large-scale port projects have entered the anti-corrosion maintenance cycle of underwater structures in batches, and the market prospects are broad. Our scientific research team, led by Professor Li Shaoxiang of Qingdao University of Science and Technology, has continuously overcome technical difficulties, broken the technical monopoly of foreign companies, mastered the preparation technology of underwater curing heavy anti-corrosion coating materials, and achieved technical innovations such as solvent-free, long-term anti-corrosion, and low surface treatment, as well as scientific research breakthroughs in hybridization of organic polymers and inorganic gelling materials and low-temperature rapid curing. It interprets the corporate connotation of promoting the power of Chinese science and technology and the momentum of Chinese coatings.

The speech received extensive attention from many well-known experts and scholars in the industry and participants. Many industry insiders had in-depth technical exchanges and discussions with General Manager Li Guangjun after the meeting. This participation in the exhibition has greatly increased our company's visibility and voice in the domestic marine anti-corrosion field, demonstrated our industry responsibility and technical strength, and demonstrated our company's determination and ability to continue to exert its strength in the field of marine anti-corrosion.

李光俊总经理与本次论坛顾问王健（中国涂料工业协会专家委员会、法律法规委员会及标准委员会常委）合影

The report of the 20th National Congress emphasized that my country should accelerate the development of the marine economy and build a strong maritime nation. The scale effect of traditional industries such as marine ships and offshore energy development equipment is becoming more prominent, and high-end, intelligent and green industries have become an inevitable trend. In traditional industries, how to explore new growth points in the stock market? Faced with such a difficult problem, General Manager Li Guangjun gave his own answer in this forum by breaking through with technology. In the future development, Shandong Vosges Xuanwei will continue to increase its efforts in scientific and technological innovation and product research and development, continuously improve our technological competitiveness and market share, and contribute to promoting the international marine anti-corrosion and anti-fouling business.