Reported by Xin Luo: From 3-5th December 2014, hosted by Xinluo Information, the Fifth Special Carbon-graphite Material Seminar cum the Second Professional Committee Meeting of China Carbon Industry Carbon New Material was successfully held in Shanghai Dorsett Regency. More than 70 distinguished guests from more than 50 enterprises attended the meeting. The meeting’s topics include: current situation and prospects of new carbon material, Chinese solar cell industry development situation and expectations, applications of carbon / carbon composites in the photovoltaic field, promote the sustainable and healthy development of the special carbon industry, performance and production technology of special carbon graphite materials and its expanded application analysis, pebble bed HTR graphite material, Toyo carbon nuclear products machining, 2014 China's special carbon graphite materials market analysis. In the final industry chain discussion, special carbon material production enterprises, graphite processing enterprises and related research personnel carried out extensive exchanges, which enhanced the participants' understanding of the special carbon market situation and future development direction.