In 2011, the export of air-conditioning market exceeded domestic demand.

The China Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Industry Development Trend Seminar was held in Henan Mansion in Beijing. The government leaders from the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Household Electrical Appliances Association, the China Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Mechanical and Electrical Products, the Chinese Academy of Architecture, and the China Fluorine Silastic Organic Materials Industry Association. Gree, Midea, Haier, Zhigao, Hisense Kelon, Meizhi, Highly, Emerson and other hundreds of corporate representatives participated in all.

In the context of China’s economic and social transformation, air-conditioning, as the industry’s largest home appliance pillar industry, is grasping the “12th Five-Year Plan” transformation opportunity and accelerating the process of industrial upgrading in all directions. Yang Jie, general manager of Industry Online, stated that the transformation of China's air-conditioning industry is also accelerating: Firstly, China's domestic air-conditioning energy efficiency has been greatly improved, and the proportion of energy-efficient air-conditioning products has rapidly dominated the market. It is reflected in the unprecedented increase in the application range of frequency conversion technology, the rapid increase in the number of household inverter air conditioners, and the development speed of multi-line products in the commercial field is much higher than the average growth rate of the industry, and the third embodiment is the upgrading of technical applications in the air-conditioning industry to heat pumps. The application of water heaters in the field of heating has become a hot spot in the industry. Fourth, due to the global demand for improved climate and environment, the trend of refrigerant upgrades for air conditioners has become increasingly urgent.

Experts at the seminar predicted that with the rising raw material prices and labor costs, the impact of foreign exchange rates and foreign trade barriers, as well as the pressure on domestic inventory channels to be digested and the weather uncertainties. In 2011, the overall air-conditioning industry will maintain rapid growth but it does not rule out the possibility of exceeding expectations. It is expected that exports will be higher than domestic sales throughout the year, while cost pressures will continue throughout the year.