The “Voice” of steel in the National Two Sessions 2023

This year’s government work report mentioned energy consumption requirements, resource security and other content, which in the field of steel demand, mentioned several aspects:

1. Stabilize bulk consumption and promote the recovery of life service consumption.

2. Government investment and policy incentives will effectively drive investment across the country. This year, 3.8 trillion yuan of special bonds will be allocated to local governments.

3. Accelerate the implementation of the major 14th Five-Year Plan Project, carry out the urban renewal action, encourage regions to draw on each other’s strengths, encourage and attract more private capital to participate in major national projects and projects to strengthen weak areas, and stimulate the vitality of private investment.

4. Effectively prevent and resolve the risks of high-quality housing enterprises, improve the balance sheet situation, prevent disorderly expansion, and promote the stable development of the real estate industry. We will forestall and defuse local government debt risks, improve the maturity structure of debt, reduce the interest burden, curb the increase in debt and reduce the stock.

The Voice of steel in the two Sessions

Sheng Genghong, NPC deputy and Chairman of TISCO Group: Based on a lot of research, three proposals have been made on strengthening the construction of steel industry chain and supply chain, increasing the supply and promotion of steel products represented by stainless steel.

Yang Zhengping, NPC Deputy and chemist of Chemistry Lab of Quality Department of Liugang Group: It is suggested that the country strengthen policy support for technological innovation research and development in the iron and steel industry, guide Chinese iron and steel enterprises to establish and improve the market-oriented technical innovation mechanism and competition mechanism, comprehensively promote the technological innovation and research and development of the iron and steel industry and steel products, and constantly enhance the core competitiveness of Chinese iron and steel enterprises in the international market.

Zhao Minge, Deputy to the National People’s Congress, Party Secretary and Chairman of Shougang Group Co., LTD. : It is suggested to further deepen the VAT reform, reduce the VAT rate of iron ore enterprises or implement the differential calculation VAT policy.

Wang Yunmin, NPC deputy, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, chief expert of Sinosteel Group, director of State Key Laboratory of Safety and Health of Metal Mines, Director of Technology Innovation Committee of Sinosteel Institute of Mining & Technology: will focus on further improving the ability and level of strategic mineral resources guarantee through scientific and technological innovation.

Hu Wangming, member of CPPCC National Committee, General Manager and Deputy Party Secretary of China Baowu Iron & Steel Group Co., LTD. : Hope to build a national carbon neutral metallurgical innovation platform relying on industry leading enterprises; Open up a green approval channel to help transform low-carbon metallurgical technology achievements.

Li Shiping, Deputy to the National People’s Congress, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Zhongnan Iron and Steel: It is suggested to promote the optimization of industrial spatial layout, explore a new operation mode of network steel mills, and lead the high-quality development of regional steel industry; We should give full play to the main advantages of the iron and steel industry chain, build on the steel industry, extend and gather green and low-carbon high-tech enterprises, accelerate the construction of the green steel industry chain, promote the transformation from traditional production-oriented factory to modern park, and explore a highly intensive old industrial base of state-owned enterprises.

Ding Yi, Deputy to the National People’s Congress, Party Secretary and Chairman of Masteel Group: Currently, we are improving the proposals to be submitted around the safety of the rail transit industry supply chain and the industrialization of steel structure housing.

Hu Shue, deputy to the National People’s Congress and expert of Science and Technology Quality Center/Iron and Steel Research Institute of Shandong Iron and Steel Group Rizhao Co., LTD. : Plans to put forward a proposal on promoting the transformation of steel production to high-quality green around the high-quality development needs of the Yellow River Basin.

Tan Chengxu, Deputy to the National People’s Congress, new rotating President of China Iron and Steel Association, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Anshan Iron and Steel Group: Establish a full life cycle iron ore strategic guarantee mechanism integrating “prospecting, construction and operation” to maintain reasonable profit margin and investment stability of iron ore enterprises; In order to further support and encourage the development of domestic iron mines, it is suggested to give fiscal and tax policy support, reduce the taxes and fees of iron ore enterprises, and adjust to the same level or below that of the foreign industry.

Yuan Silang, deputy to the National People’s Congress, Party Secretary and chairman of China Metallurgical Group Co., LTD. : It is suggested to promote new steel structure housing and expand the application scenarios of the steel industry.

Liu Huaiping, Deputy to the National People’s Congress, Chairman of Kunyue Internet and Vice President of China Environmental Protection Industry Association: Encourage steel enterprises to take domestic and foreign advanced energy saving and consumption reduction technologies as benchmarks, formulate clear action plans to meet the standards, and actively promote the implementation and application of new technologies and equipment for energy saving and carbon reduction, combined with the newly released List of Extreme Energy Efficiency technologies in the Steel Industry. China has established and improved a regulatory and evaluation system for energy consumption and carbon emissions in the iron and steel industry, and steadily promoted the accounting, measurement, reporting, verification and evaluation of energy efficiency and carbon emissions in iron and steel enterprises.

Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology: Some industries are relatively large, accounting for more than 1% of GDP, such as electronics, automobiles, steel, nonferrous metals, petrochemical and other industries. These industries are very important to steady growth. We will do everything possible to stabilize these industries.

Wang Lanyu, Deputy to the National People’s Congress, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, General Manager and vice Chairman of Hesteel Group Co., LTD. : It is suggested to promote the green and low-carbon development of the steel industry, but also to promote material technology innovation.

Ou Yunfei, NPC Deputy, Party Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Panel Co., LTD. : It is of great significance and imperative to take advantage of the global technological background and first-mover deposits of foreign investors and utilize the booming domestic market prospect to attract foreign investment for advanced production capacity investment and rolling sustainable development, so as to unleash more vitality of high-quality foreign investment and advanced technology and promote the continuous upgrading of steel products.