Copper prices have soared past $10,000 per ton, and the air conditioning industry is feeling the pressure.

Heat exchangers that rely on copper have become major cost-cutters, leading to the promotion of "aluminum replacing copper" as a crucial topic in China's air conditioning industry.

Currently, leading brands are banding together to sprint forward, with standards, regulations, research white papers, and corporate self-discipline agreements all piling up, resembling an organized and rhythmic industrial "transformation" movement.

Why the change? In short: China lacks copper but has plenty of aluminum.

Data shows that household air conditioners consume over 1.7 million tons of copper annually, with imports accounting for 80%, while our domestic production of electrolytic aluminum makes up 60% of the global supply.

Using what we have to replace what we lack is a long-term strategy to break free from the constraints of raw material "bottlenecks"; no one would oppose this.