On October 20, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the development of industry and information technology in the first three quarters of 2026. Tao Qing, press spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau, said that from January to August, the nonferrous metals industry maintained rapid growth in revenue and profits, and the industry's ability to innovate continued to increase. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to work hard to promote steady growth and transformation, promote high-quality development in the non-ferrous metals industry, and focus on three areas of work. The first is to strengthen policy guidance, implement the “15th Five-Year Plan” in the field of raw materials, strengthen departmental policy coordination, and promote the expansion and application of high-quality products in the fields of new energy, high-end equipment, and low-altitude economy; the second is to accelerate industrial upgrading, thoroughly implement major new material projects, accelerate research on key core technologies in high-end materials, give full play to the role of a green and low-carbon public service platform for the non-ferrous metals industry, and formulate the “Artificial Intelligence+ Nonferrous Metals Industry Implementation Guide” and non-ferrous metals industry standard system construction guidelines to lead the industry's “new, green, and intelligent” development; the third is to deepen capacity management and implement production capacity risks for key products Monitor and warn, strictly implement the capacity replacement policy for electrolytic aluminum, strictly control additional production capacity in the smelting of alumina, copper, etc., revise regulations and regulations for the copper and aluminum industries, resolutely curb repeated construction at a low level, and create a fair, healthy and orderly market environment.

On October 20, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the development of industry and information technology in the first three quarters of 2026. Tao Qing, press spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau, said that from January to August, the nonferrous metals industry maintained rapid growth in revenue and profits, and the industry's ability to innovate continued to increase. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to work hard to promote steady growth and transformation, promote high-quality development in the non-ferrous metals industry, and focus on three areas of work. The first is to strengthen policy guidance, implement the “15th Five-Year Plan” in the field of raw materials, strengthen departmental policy coordination, and promote the expansion and application of high-quality products in the fields of new energy, high-end equipment, and low-altitude economy; the second is to accelerate industrial upgrading, thoroughly implement major new material projects, accelerate research on key core technologies in high-end materials, give full play to the role of a green and low-carbon public service platform for the non-ferrous metals industry, and formulate the “Artificial Intelligence+ Nonferrous Metals Industry Implementation Guide” and non-ferrous metals industry standard system construction guidelines to lead the industry's “new, green, and intelligent” development; the third is to deepen capacity management and implement production capacity risks for key products Monitor and warn, strictly implement the capacity replacement policy for electrolytic aluminum, strictly control additional production capacity in the smelting of alumina, copper, etc., revise regulations and regulations for the copper and aluminum industries, resolutely curb repeated construction at a low level, and create a fair, healthy and orderly market environment.