CRAA, KRAIA and JRAIA, Trilateral Industrial Association Annual Meeting 2024 was held online
印刷No.700 2024年9月
The annual meeting of the three countries' industrial associations was held online in July 2024, hosted by JRAIA
2023; Online hosted by KRAIA in August, linked here
2022; Online hosted by CRAA in May, linked here
2021; Online hosted by JRAIA in September, linked here
2020; Suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019; @Busan, Republic of Korea hosted by KRAIA in May, linked here
2018; @Kunming, People's Republic of China hosted by CRAA in July, linked here
The Trilateral HVAC＆R Industry Associations of Korea, China and Japan hold an annual meeting on a rotating basis for each association to exchange related information. Following last year's meeting, this year's meeting was held online on Thursday, 25 July 2024.
Date and Time: Thursday, 2 July 2024, 14:00 – 16:00(JST)
Venue (in Japan): Meeting room 5S-2, Kikai-Shinko Building
PARTICIPANTS:
KRAIA (Korea Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Industry Association)
Mr. Sunghee Kang, Chairman
Mr. Yongok Jun, President （first time）
Mr. Jongsik Ham, Autech Carrier
Mr. Jaeho Lee, Executive director
Ms. Christine Kim, Chief director, international dept.
CRAA
(China Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Industry Associationtion)
Mr. Zhang Zhaohui, Vice Chairman & Secretary General
Ms. Liu Xiaohong, Deputy secretary general
Ms. Li Si, International affairs
Ms. Zhu Yiping, International affairs
JRAIA (The Japan Refrigeration Air-conditioning Industry Association)
Katsuyuki Sawai, Chairman (first time)
Kazuma Koyama, Daikin Industries.Ltd., (first time)
Hitoshi Imaizumi,Daikin Industries.Ltd., (first time)
Tetsuji Okada, President
koji Hatano, International Affairs
Miyuki Tsuji, International Affairs
Shun Kimura, General Affairs
Kaori Asakura, General Affairs
(Agenda)
1. Call to order
2. Opening remarks by JRAIA, Introduction of participants and Photo session
3. Reports from each association and Q&A
4. Next meeting
5. Closing remarks by JRAIA
The meeting opened with a speech by Mr. Katsuyuki Sawai, Chairman of JRAIA, followed by an introduction of the participants from each association and a group photo with a screenshot.
Photo ：Photo session
Reports from each association introduced market trends, legal and regulatory developments trends and refrigerant conversion activities in their respective countries are presented, followed by a Q&A session.
Efforts toward carbon neutrality are underway in each country, it was a lively discussion about the action plans of each country's governments and the efforts and progress of the industry. It became a place for useful information exchange, although the meeting was held online in English with interpreters.
The next meeting was agreed to be held face-to-face hosted by CRAA, and the meeting was closed with a speech by Mr. Tetsuji Okada, Prejident of JRAIA.
