From December 12th to 13th, the 2024 16th National Calcium Carbide Industry Healthy Development Conference hosted by the Calcium Carbide Industry Association of China was held in Haikou, Hainan. More than 200 representatives from domestic calcium carbide industry enterprises participated in the conference. Zhang Yu, the chairman of the Calcium Carbide Association, Yang Chuanwei, the secretary-general, and others attended the conference. Zhang Shoute, the deputy secretary-general of CCAIA, was invited to attend the conference. The conference analyzed the current situation and challenges faced by China's calcium carbide industry. The participating enterprises exchanged information on their production and operation situations as well as the problems they faced. During the same period of the conference, the fifth meeting of the sixth council of the Calcium Carbide Association was held. Zhang Shoute, the deputy secretary-general of CCAIA, gave a special report titled "The Current Situation and Future Prospects of China's Chlor-alkali Industry", introducing the latest economic operation of the chlor-alkali industry, the challenges faced during the industry's development, and the analysis of the development trend.