China: The China Cement Association has elected Zhou Yuxian as its president following a meeting of its representatives.
Zhou has been the chair of China National Building Materials Group (CNBM) since 2021. Earlier in his career he worked for China Reform Holdings, Sinoma, China National Materials Science and Industry Group, China Non-Metal Research Institute of Synthetic Crystals and the Synthetic Crystals Research Institute. He has held leadership positions at several trade associations, including the China Association of Construction Enterprise Management, and is also a visiting practicing professor at the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Central South Mining and Metallurgy College and a master’s degree of engineering from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology.