On October 13th, China Iron and Steel Association held a video conference on the economic operation of some iron and steel enterprises in the third quarter to analyze the industry operation situation, understand the difficulties and problems encountered in the production and operation of enterprises, and study countermeasures and suggestions. He Wenbo, Party secretary and executive president of Steel Association attended the meeting and made a summary speech; Qu Xiuli, Vice President and Secretary General presided over the meeting; Luo Tiejun, Vice President, Jiang Wei, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Wang Yingsheng, Chief economist, Shi Hongwei, Huang Dao, Lu Zhaoming, deputy secretaries-general, heads of relevant business departments, and heads of 21 units in charge of operation attended the meeting.

Since the beginning of this year, the international situation has been complicated and severe, the epidemic has spread in many places in China, and the national economy has been faced with the triple shock of "demand contraction, supply shock and weakening expectations", bearing downward pressure beyond expectations. According to the situation reflected by enterprises, in the third quarter, the operating environment of the steel industry is more severe, and the production and operation of enterprises are faced with challenges such as weakening downstream demand, falling steel prices and rising raw fuel costs. The overall efficiency index of the industry is at a low level in recent years. In "word pledge, seek improvement in stability" of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council decision deployment, the steel industry insist on epidemic prevention and stable operation "double", try to overcome poor supply chain logistics, the original fuel prices high, and many other difficulties, lift quality, and the authors efficiency measures actively, vigorously promotes the production and marketing balance, full of the extract, running situation of the overall remain relatively stable, It played an important role in stabilizing the development of the national economy.

At the meeting, the steel association announced the first three quarters of the iron and steel industry operation characteristics, late trend forecast and should be concerned about the main problems. China bao steel, anshan iron and steel, shougang, river, shagang, citic Pacific's special steel, hunan steel, baotou steel, anyang iron and steel, calderon, jianlong heavy industry, cultivation, fujian three steel, shan steel, jisco, professional group, the big special steel, liuzhou iron &steel group co.are presented.the, zhongtian steel, such as green extension, metallurgy industry association of jiangsu province units around the theme of the speech, communication It reflects the difficulties and problems encountered in the production and operation of the enterprise, and introduces the measures taken by the enterprise to cope with the difficult situation. And from the original fuel such as coking coal for stabilizing price, strengthening the self-discipline to maintain the market order, promote "cornerstone plan" to strengthen resource support capability, promoting joint reorganization of optimizing industry layout, guide support low carbon metallurgical technology, promote industry development and application of cross-border cooperation and application of new materials, increase the intensity of fiscal and taxation policies to support low-carbon environmental protection aspects of countermeasures and Suggestions are put forward.

The participants analyzed the market operation situation and the situation task they faced. Overall, the steel market environment in the fourth quarter is still not optimistic, the economic operation of the industry is still facing great pressure, stability and improve the level of efficiency is the industry's primary task, still need to pay great efforts. However, with the implementation of the national economic stabilization package policy and the formation of more physical workload, the national economy continues to recover the development trend, it is expected that the demand for steel will gradually pick up, the main indicators of the steel industry will show positive changes, month-on-month trend of stability.

After understanding the current situation of enterprise operation and the forecast of the late market trend, He Wenbo made a summary speech. 'The steel industry is still facing a severe market situation, which is the reality and challenge we face,' he said. In the face of challenges, iron and steel enterprises actively take various measures, although the overall profit level decreased significantly year-on-year, but the production and operation of the industry basically remains stable, especially in terms of ensuring the safety of the industry operation, the enterprises responded quickly, effective measures, good effect. The CPC Central Committee and The State Council are very concerned about the steel industry and attach great importance to it. Various ministries and commissions of the state have held meetings for many times to study related issues in the steel and other industries, actively respond to policy suggestions put forward by the association on behalf of the industry, carefully study, and gradually introduce solutions. Before the National Day, the secretary of the Party Committee of The State Council, director Comrade Hao Peng to the steel association research, steel industry and association development put forward important opinions and requirements, reflecting the country's concern for the steel industry. Therefore, we must strengthen our confidence, resolutely implement the strategic plan of the CPC Central Committee, and do a good job in iron and steel.

He Wenbo stressed that although the total market demand did not rise significantly, but the overall trend of stability. Judging from the statements made by the enterprises, we have a more realistic and sober understanding of the long-term nature and inevitability of the changes in the market environment of China's iron and steel, and a correct understanding is the starting point for solving the problem. If the operating status and the level of efficiency has shown significant or even drastic fluctuations, it only shows that we have not yet adapted to this change. In general, the total steel demand on the original basis no longer growth or a certain range of reduction will be a normal. He Wenbo believes that the future downstream steel demand can be basically stable at a predictable level, should be the reality we can and should accept, the industry should be prepared to build a new operating basis in such a market environment. This requires us to enhance the capacity and level of industry governance, which is our common task in the next stage. In fact, after half a year of "market collision", the steel industry is gradually strengthening the adaptability of the new market environment, operating efficiency has appeared a trend of stability and improvement. From the monitoring data, the overall asset situation of the steel industry is still in good condition, which shows that the foundation of the high-quality development of the industry is solid and guaranteed.

He Wenbo believes that in July, part of the iron and steel enterprise economic operation symposium, we put forward the current iron and steel market situation of six basic judgments, at present, these judgments and the market situation is basically consistent: The trend in demand is predictable, international markets remain volatile, energy supply remains a problem, overall asset quality remains good, corporate responses are increasingly focused, and at the same time, there is a growing divergence among companies. On the whole, today's Chinese steel is not the state of 2008 and 2015, under the market pressure, an industry change is unfolding, the global steel is undergoing tests, China's steel industry has the conditions and ability to get out of this wave of market cycle with a better posture. We believe that there will be outstanding leaders in China's iron and steel enterprises to lead China's iron and steel enterprises to overcome difficulties and get out of difficulties to meet the next new period of development. There will be a group of enterprises in the severe market impact under the positive reform, transformation, complete change of ideas and business methods, with a brand new posture in the steel market; There will also be some enterprises in this process in a different way to exit the steel market. The process of readjusting to new levels of demand is bound to be a survival of the fittest, for which we must be fully prepared.

For the key work of the industry, He Wenbo put forward three suggestions: first, strengthen the tracking and coordination of the ten policy suggestions put forward by the industry, and try our best to convert the policy suggestions into practical measures. According to the suggestions put forward at today's symposium, the ten policy suggestions put forward by the association can be basically covered, and the key is whether they can be translated into practical measures as soon as possible. Among them, the first six are for current operation, while the last four are for medium - to long-term measures that have a direct impact on development expectations. The 2nd, CONCENTRATE ENERGY TO plan and promote production capacity management and combine to reorganize measure of two big industry foundation. Rationally, the change of development environment is realistic and inevitable. Our task, or the number one problem we face is how to meet the limited demand with sufficient capacity. Actively exploring and establishing a new mechanism for capacity governance under the new development environment as soon as possible, and optimizing the policy environment to vigorously promote a new round of industrial joint restructuring are the two key measures to stabilize the situation and span the cycle in the next step of the industry. They are the top priority in the work of the industry, and need the close cooperation of enterprises, industry and government. To be clear, the ongoing policies on capacity, output, environmental protection, energy efficiency, low carbon and quality all play a role in promoting the survival of the fittest and guiding the balance between supply and demand, which is the core issue of industry governance. Third, actively planning and overall promote the three major iron and steel transformation projects and two major industrial development plans. "Capacity replacement", "ultra-low emissions" and "extreme energy efficiency" are the three major steel transformation projects aimed at the steel production process and covering the entire industry's full capacity. The first step is to implement the tasks before 2025. Among them, the "Extreme Energy efficiency Project", whose main task is to promote the "energy efficiency benchmark", is under comprehensive planning. At present, the primary task is to implement the three implementation lists as soon as possible: the technical list, the capacity list and the policy list, so as to provide complete guidance and services for the whole industry to promote energy conservation and emission reduction. The two major industrial development plans are the "cornerstone plan" involving the upstream industry of iron and steel and the "steel application expansion plan" involving the downstream industry of iron and steel with the promotion of steel structure housing as the main direction. There is a huge space in the upstream and downstream areas and great potential for cross-industry cooperation.

Luo Tiejun and Jiang Wei respectively responded to the concerns of enterprises, such as ensuring the supply and price of coal, promoting the "Cornerstone Plan", promoting industry self-discipline, optimizing steel export, accelerating the promotion of EPD platform, improving data security and implementing the action plan of energy efficiency benchmarking, combined with the ongoing work and progress of the association.