On April 23, the "2022 (13th) China's iron and Steel Development Forum" with the theme of the high-quality development path of China's iron and steel industry under the "double carbon" background, CO sponsored by the engineering management department of the Chinese Academy of engineering and the metallurgical industry planning and Research Institute, and co organized by Xinxing Cast Pipe Co., Ltd., opened in Beijing.
Li Xin, Secretary of the Party committee and chief engineer of the metallurgical industry planning and Research Institute and a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of natural sciences, created a summary report entitled "green, low-carbon and high-quality development path of China's iron and steel industry". When talking about a correct understanding of the status of China's steel industry, he said that steel is the basic industry of the national economy, an important food for industry, an important guarantee for construction, and an important support for the economy. China's steel industry has always been focused on adhering to the domestic cycle and meeting the needs of national economic development. At present, China's iron and steel industry is forming a new balance between supply and demand, supporting the rapid development of the domestic economy, and providing important infrastructure materials and functional materials for the improvement of people's quality of life.
When talking about the opportunities and challenges faced by the high-quality development of the steel industry, Li Xinchuang said that the steel industry, as a key industry in carbon emission reduction, has only 30 years to go from carbon peak to carbon neutralization. The time for low-carbon transformation and development is tight and the task is heavy. It is facing the "relative constraint" of carbon emission intensity, the "absolute constraint" of total carbon emission and the severe challenge of "carbon economy". At the same time, major resources such as iron ore, manganese ore, chromium ore and nickel ore required by China's iron and steel industry need to be imported in large quantities. Under the influence of uncertain factors such as the "global epidemic" and the "Russia Ukraine war", China's iron and steel industry is facing great challenges in resource protection. However, we should also see that the simultaneous implementation of the "four modernizations" of new industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization provides a major opportunity for the iron and steel industry to accelerate industrial upgrading and structural adjustment. In particular, the structural adjustment of the downstream steel industry represented by building steel structure has further accelerated, and the demand for high-quality steel materials has further increased. Green, low-carbon, energy-saving and environmental friendly steel has also become the common requirement of most industries. He also said that in 2021, the industrial concentration of China's steel industry increased to 41.4%. China's iron and steel industry has entered an important window period and historical opportunity period of mergers and acquisitions. Through mergers and acquisitions, improving industrial concentration is an important support for the high-quality development of the industry.
When talking about the green, low-carbon and high-quality development path of China's steel, Li Xinchuang put forward the 12 character policy of "one construction, two improvement, three promotion and four promotion". That is, based on the construction of a good market production and operation order, firmly grasp the key links of the two industrial chains of resource guarantee and product quality, take green, low-carbon and intelligent as the guidance, and comprehensively improve the development level of China's iron and steel industry through technological innovation, mergers and acquisitions, resource and energy recycling and standard certification. In this regard, he said that ultra-low emissions are an important measure to promote the green transformation and upgrading of the steel industry and help the national fight against pollution. It is not only a simple end of pipe treatment, but also an all-round green revolution. In the next step, we should still highlight the key points, seek progress in stability, and promote the transformation of ultra-low emissions with high standards.
He further pointed out that the main ways to promote the development of low-carbon are system guidance, diagnosis first and technical support. The specific methods are as follows: first, promote green layout; Second, save energy and improve energy efficiency; Third, optimize the structure of raw materials, energy and processes; Fourth, build a green and low-carbon industrial chain; Fifth, the application of breakthrough low-carbon technology; Sixth, system construction and policy system support.
"According to the analysis of the development trend of China's main steel industry, and in combination with China's economic development trend, the implementation of policies related to steady growth and the impact of the 'carbon peak, carbon neutral' policy, it is comprehensively judged that China's steel demand will remain high in 2022." Li Xinchuang also predicted the overall steel demand in 2022.