Stainless steel industry, rapid and sustainable development

Recently, the reporter learned from the department concerned, China's consumption of stainless steel has been six years in a row top first in the world. At the same time, since the output to 5.29 million tons last year, the largest in the world after the top of this year there has been a new breakthrough, as is now close to 10 million tons. China stainless steel industry's rapid development has aroused widespread concern in the world counterparts. Recently, the Fifth China International Stainless Steel Conference was held in Shanghai from around the world hundreds of stainless steel industry experts gather one, the stainless steel industry to explore China's development.
In the Fifth China International Stainless Steel Conference, the China Iron and Steel Industry Association adviser Wu Jianchang on China's stainless steel development situation were analyzed. He said that domestic stainless steel industry has four characteristics: First, and become the largest consumer of stainless steel market is the second largest producer of stainless steel; Third, it is changes in the past relied on imports for the production of the country is 40 per capita consumption of stainless steel has been close to the world average.
This reporter learned from the department concerned that China's stainless steel consumption in 2005 amounted to 5.22 million tons, in 1998 six times. According to a population of 1.3 billion, China's per capita stainless steel consumption of four kilograms, which already exceeds the per capita consumption level of Third World countries. At present, China's consumption of stainless steel users are mainly the wealthy coastal population, there are about 3-4 billion, if calculated as a base, then the per capita consumption of stainless steel in China is about 15 kilograms, has reached the level of consumption in developed countries.
Stainless steel industry's rapid development, although a certain extent, ease the supply and demand contradictions, but if unlimited capacity to enlarge, may in turn lead to oversupply, investment and the availability of resources wasted difficulties new problems. At the meeting, Baoshan Iron and Steel Corporation general manager Liu Stainless Steel Branch remind some enterprises should pay attention to guarding against market risk, and pointed out that the stainless steel market in China facing the six main issues: First, without a strong capacity, the domestic production of stainless steel and Although consumption of the world's highest, but also need to import the short term, expansion of capacity is still weak, there is a gap between the quality of the second is surplus capacity; Third, it is more concentration of lower risk than four raw materials , domestic low nickel reserves, has proven reserves accounted for only 1.77% of homogenization of competition is tough; 6 is subject to environmental and resource constraints.
Liu also stressed the need to lead the healthy and stable development of stainless steel industry should proceed from the eight main areas. One is the need to control the development of a reasonable size; Second, we must expand the application areas; Third, we must optimize the structure of varieties; Fourth, we need to make rational use of resources; Fifth, we must develop recycling economy; six to implement product differentiation; seven to implement price alloy surcharge pricing mechanism to increase 8 R & D input and increase the level of R & D