DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION ON CHINESE STEEL INDUSTRY

In this paper, the development trends of world steel industry are analyzed. The great achievements of Chinese steel industry obtained in nineties of last century are summarized. The role of Chinese steel industry, the demands for steel products in the next decade, and the trends of steel product price change are discussed. The development of technological route of steel production is reviewed. The modes, scale and grouping trends for enterprises are analyzed and looked forward. It is proposed that the social/economic role of steel enterprises should be positioned actively, and some suggestions are given regarding strategic key points in development of Chinese steel industry for coming 5-10 years:-Technological route: promotion of energy saving-cleaner production technology, establishment of modified clean production route, coordination and solution of the problems concerning cost, quality, labor efficiency and environmental protection based on advanced route.- Restructuring of products: main investment on flat products to expending capacity and improving quality. For producing high-quality alloy steels, some special steel enterprises must be revamped based on optimizing production route.-Reforming: active and stepwise formation of groups of enterprises, established advantages of the local markets, further optimization of enterprise structure and increase of competition ability in the market based on the structure of group system