On the afternoon of April 7, 2024, the launch ceremony of "Innovative Products" of the 2024 China Refrigeration Exhibition was held at the Kuntai Hotel in Beijing.
The leaders and expert representatives of the organizing committee who attended the release ceremony were: Li Jiang, chairman of the China Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association, Meng Qingguo, senior consultant of the Chinese Society of Refrigeration, Chai Yingjie, deputy general manager of Capital Convention and Exhibition (Group) Co., Ltd. and chairman of Beijing International Exhibition Center Co., Ltd., executive director of the Expert Committee of China Refrigeration Exhibition, Professor Li Xianting of Tsinghua University, member of the Expert Committee of China Refrigeration Exhibition, Professor Zhang Xu of Tongji University, member of the Expert Committee of China Refrigeration Exhibition, and Tianjin University of Commerce Professor Shen Jiang, member of the Expert Committee of China Refrigeration Exhibition, Professor Shao Shuangquan of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
The release ceremony was presided over by Wang Congfei, deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Society of Refrigeration, and attended by relevant experts, representatives of award-winning enterprises and media friends.
Professor Li Xianting, Executive Director of the Expert Committee of China Refrigeration Exhibition and Professor of Tsinghua University, delivered a speech on behalf of the review panel. During the award ceremony, relevant experts announced the list of "innovative products" of the 2024 China Refrigeration Exhibition, and the leaders of the organizing committee awarded medals to the winning enterprises.
Professor Li Xianting, Executive Director of the Expert Committee of China Refrigeration Exhibition and Professor of Tsinghua University, delivered a speech
Professor Zhang Xu, member of the Expert Committee of China Refrigeration Exhibition and professor of Tongji University, announced the list of innovative products for direct expansion air conditioning heat pump equipment, hot and cold water units, air treatment, transmission and distribution equipment and components
Li Jiang, chairman of China Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association, presented awards to the winning enterprises
Professor Shao Shuangquan, member of the Expert Committee of China Refrigeration Exhibition and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, announced the list of innovative products for compressors, heat exchangers, valves and other auxiliary components, control equipment and systems
Meng Qingguo, senior consultant of the Chinese Society of Refrigeration, presented awards to the winning enterprises
Professor Shen Jiang, member of the Expert Committee of China Refrigeration Exhibition and Tianjin University of Commerce, announced the list of industrial and commercial refrigeration equipment and related components, industrial heat pumps, climate change response and other product innovations
Chai Yingjie, deputy general manager of Capital Convention and Exhibition (Group) Co., Ltd. and chairman of Beijing International Exhibition Center Co., Ltd., presented awards to the winning enterprises
Since the launch of the "Innovative Products" selection activity of the 2024 China Refrigeration Exhibition, a total of 66 companies have declared 113 products. After two rounds of evaluation by the expert committee, 54 products from 42 companies were finally selected.
This year, according to the technical characteristics of the products and the actual situation of the exhibition, the expert committee sorted out the product classification system of the refrigeration exhibition, and divided all products into 9 categories:
Category 1: 5 items of direct expansion air conditioning heat pump equipment
Category 2: 8 items of hot and cold water units
Category 3: 6 items of air handling, transmission and distribution equipment and components
Category 4: 9 items for compressors
Category 5: 6 items of heat exchangers, valves and other auxiliary components
Category 6: 5 items of control equipment and systems
Category VII: 8 items of industrial and commercial refrigeration equipment and related components
Category 8: 4 items for industrial heat pumps
Category 9: 3 items in response to climate change and other products
Wang Congfei pointed out in his final concluding remarks that in order to ensure the fairness, scientificity and authority of the selection of "innovative products", the organizing committee invited a large number of well-known experts in the industry to fully participate in the formulation of relevant rules and the actual review of the work, and a total of 38 experts participated in the preliminary and final review of innovative products this year. It is hoped that the successful holding of the "Innovative Products" release ceremony of the 2024 China Refrigeration Exhibition will become a new starting point for all award-winning enterprises, and that the entire refrigeration and air-conditioning industry will continue to carry forward the spirit of innovation and jointly promote scientific and technological progress.