Chang Guowu, deputy director of the raw material industry department of the Ministry of industry and information technology of China, said on the 29th that during the 14th Five Year Plan period, we will continue to consolidate the achievements of de capacity in the iron and steel industry, prohibit new capacity and improve the long-term mechanism.
At present, China’s annual steel output has exceeded 1 billion tons, accounting for more than half of the global output. During the 13th Five Year Plan period, China achieved remarkable results in resolving the excess capacity of the iron and steel industry, reducing the excess capacity by more than 150 million tons, banning the production capacity of “ground bar steel” by more than 140 million tons, and continuously optimizing the industrial structure.
However, the worldwide crisis of steel overcapacity has always existed. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, there was still overcapacity pressure in China’s iron and steel industry.
At the press conference of the “14th five year plan” for the development of raw material industry held on the same day, Chang Guowu said that during the “14th five year plan” period, it is strictly prohibited to build new projects to expand iron and steel smelting capacity, increase iron and steel capacity in the name of machining, casting and ferroalloy, and strictly prevent the resurgence of “ground strip steel” and the resumption of production of dissolved excess capacity.
Chang Guowu said that leading enterprises are encouraged to implement merger and reorganization and build a number of world-class super large iron and steel enterprise groups. Relying on advantageous enterprises, 1-2 professional pilot enterprises are cultivated in stainless steel, special steel, seamless steel pipe, cast pipe and other fields. Orderly guide independent hot rolling and coking enterprises in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and surrounding areas to participate in the merger and reorganization of iron and steel enterprises.
In terms of green and low-carbon transformation of the iron and steel industry, support the establishment of low-carbon metallurgical innovation alliance, support the construction of carbon control and monitoring system in the whole process of iron and steel production, and promote market-oriented trading of carbon emission rights.
(China News Network)
