Forum on the first anniversary of log futures market successfully held in Dalian
On the afternoon of November 18,2025, the Forum on the first anniversary of the listing of log futures, organized by the China timber and wood products circulation association, was successfully held in Dalian. From the upstream and downstream enterprises of China's wood industry chain, futures companies, research institutions and international market representatives gathered together to review the performance of log futures in the past year, in-depth discussion on the new path of combining future and present service entities will inject new momentum into the high-quality development of China's timber industry.
Daya Shengxiang Furniture Co. , Ltd. , chairman of forest products (Dalian) International Trading Center chairman Chen Jianjun first address. Chen introduced the background, strategic positioning and development blueprint of the Exchange Center to the delegates. He said that the trading platform can integrate internal product resources on the basis of existing trade business, use futures and financial instruments to carry out hedging business, avoid trade risks, and promote the high-quality development of China's wood industry.
Keynote speech, jiang Xiudi, senior manager of Dalian Commodity Exchange; he PEI, senior manager of clearing and Delivery Department of CITIC Futures Operation Center; Li Guangting, researcher of Huatai Futures Institute; Liu Xin, general manager of Shandong Port Rizhao Port International Logistics Co. , Ltd. ; Zhu Sixiang, senior researcher of Galaxy Futures; Yuan Qianru, director of investment and marketing of Shenyin and Wanguo Zhifu; Dai Yucong, chairman of Jumu.com; Chen Hanxun, deputy general manager of Guoxin and Guozheng Futures; Zhou XI, researcher of agricultural products of Soochow Futures; and Pavel Popov, wood analyst of St. Petersburg International Commodity Raw Materials Exchange, shared the core issues of the operation and function of log futures market, industrial risk management practice, development status and market outlook of domestic and foreign wood industry gathering places.
At the forum session, the round-table dialogue on“Empowering entities-future-present integration and coordinated development” was chaired by Ren Zeng, assistant director-general of Commodity Department II of Dalian Commodity Exchange, zhang Ruiqun, deputy general manager of Zhejiang Products Senhua Group; Zhang Ruofan, General Manager of Jiangsu Hao Zhongjin Hong Association Company; Han Jianchao, President of Fuqing Home Research Institute; Cai Xia, General Manager of Zhejiang period industry; and Zhou Chongting, senior researcher of CITIC Futures, conducted in-depth exchanges around“How to get through the last mile of time-present combination”. The guests agreed that only the deep integration of industry and finance can truly achieve the virtuous circle of“Promoting production with a view to production and consolidating the period with production”.
The success of the forum marks the log futures from a steady start to a new stage of accelerated development. In the future, the association will continue to build a communication bridge, promote more wood enterprises to make rational use of financial tools, and jointly write a new chapter in the high-quality development of wood industry.