On 22 November, the 3rd EurAsian Geosynthetics Symposium (EAGS-2024) was held in Tai'an City, Shandong Province.

Liu Fengmei, Vice Mayor of Tai'an People's Government, introduced that Tai'an's geosynthetics industry has had production capacity in the 1980s, and the production products involve geogrid, geotextile, geomembrane, geonet and so on. Geosynthetics has become a beautiful industrial business card of Tai'an.

Marines Lagemaat, Director of Scientific and Technical Affairs of the EDANA, said in his speech that with the increase of environmental protection requirements for the development of the industry, the association is more concerned about the impact on the environment, and EDANA is looking forward to cooperating with the industry to form a synergy and build a better future for the industry.

Li Lingshen, vice president of China National Textile and Apparel Council, pointed out in his speech that geo-construction textiles is one of the earliest developed and most mature fields of industrial textiles, which greatly supports the development and application of China's infrastructure and construction fields.

Li Guimei, President of China Nonwovens & Industrial Textiles Association, introduced the status of scientific and technological innovation and green development of China's geo-construction textiles in the theme report ‘Status and Future of China's Geo-construction Textiles Industry’. She said, green manufacturing empowerment, intelligent technology, standard quality improvement, engineering applications to expand the development of China's geo-construction textiles will become an important direction, the future industry needs to continue to forge industrial ‘long board’, expand cross-border applications, the formation of a revolutionary alternative.

EurAsian Geosynthetics Symposium is a leading international high-end conference in the field of geosynthetics. The conference consists of two parts: theme forum and exhibition. The theme forum invites domestic and foreign famous experts, scholars and entrepreneurs with many years of practical experience to analyse the geosynthetics industry in an all-rounded, multi-level, wide-field and three-dimensional way around the contents of development opportunities, market analysis, technological research, application development, engineering services, testing standards and methods, etc. The theme of this conference is ‘Innovation Shaping Sustainability’. With the theme of ‘Innovation Shaping Sustainability’, the conference will explore the future sustainable road of geosynthetics through face-to-face in-depth exchanges and exhibitions, promote the innovative development and mutually beneficial cooperation of industries in various countries, and create a new future for the prosperity and development of the industry.