Stainless steel is an important basic raw material. At present, China's independent research and development of stainless steel products are widely used in chemical, automotive, aerospace, medical and many other fields, for the maintenance of China's iron and steel industry supply chain security, to meet the manufacturing industry innovation development and quality improvement has played an important role.
On August 16, the first International Stainless Steel Industry Innovation and Development Conference was held in Ningde, Fujian, with the theme of "Innovation as the engine, standards as the platform, to promote the high-quality development of the international stainless steel industry". By building a professional communication platform, the conference invited domestic and foreign industry experts, enterprises gathered to discuss friendship, cooperation, development and win-win future.
Stainless steel industry has entered a new period of high-quality development
"Since this year, China's steel industry has encountered weakening demand, high and persistently high prices of raw fuels and the difficulties of a significant decline in the economic benefits of steel enterprises." China Iron and Steel Industry Association Vice President and Secretary-General Qu Xiuli said that in the face of difficulties, on the one hand, to recognize the situation, the steel industry to a new period of development; on the other hand, we must also be confident, positive response, adhere to scientific and technological innovation, green and low-carbon, give full play to the leading and supporting role of standards, to build China's stainless steel technology leading edge, to promote China's stainless steel industry to achieve high-quality development.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Deputy Director of the Department of Raw Materials Industry Zhang Haideng video message also said that the first half of the contraction in demand, supply shock, the expected weakening of the triple pressure and the impact of the new crown epidemic, China's steel industry operation by a huge impact, the stainless steel industry has also been greatly affected. "In the face of challenges, the stainless steel industry needs to be based on the new development stage, implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, to deepen the supply-side structural reform as the main line, to reform and innovation as the driving force, green and low-carbon as the leader, to promote quality change, efficiency change, power change, and promote the overall improvement of quality and efficiency." Zhang Haideng said.
This year's conference is sponsored by the China Iron and Steel Industry Association, the World Steel Association, Ningde Municipal People's Government, and hosted by the Institute of Metallurgical Industry Information Standards, Ningde City Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, and Fujian Province Stainless Steel Industry Innovation Center. Li Jiancheng, member of the party group and vice governor of Fujian Provincial People's Government, Jiang Tao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Zhong Shaoliang, deputy director general of the World Steel Association and chief of the Beijing Representative Office, Zhang Longqiang, secretary of the party committee and president of the Institute of Metallurgical Industry Information Standards, Xiang Guangda, chairman of the board of directors of Qingshan Industry, Liang Weixin, secretary of the CPC Ningde Municipal Committee, Weng Yuyao, director of the Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Jin Min, executive vice president of the Party School of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, Ningde, CPC Zhang Yongning, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, Fabio Ries, Senior Advisor of the International Molybdenum Association and other leaders attended the meeting. The National Development and Reform Commission Industry Department level inspector Xia Nong, Secretary General of the World Stainless Steel Association Tim Collins, etc. addressed the conference via video.
