On August 17, the book launch of "China's Steel Price 20 Years" was successfully held in Qingdao, Shandong Province. The book is jointly compiled by the Metallurgical Price Branch of China Price Association and Shanghai Steel Union E-commerce Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai Steel Union).

"China Steel Price 20 years" new book launch

The new book conference was jointly organized by the Metallurgical Price Branch of the China Price Association and the Shanghai Steel Union. Meng Yan, second inspector of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Wang Haitao, Vice president and Secretary general of the China Price Association, attended the conference and delivered a speech. China Iron and Steel Industry Association Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice president, China Price Association vice president and metallurgical price branch president Qu Xiuli; Zhu Junhong, chairman of Shanghai Steel Union and vice president of Metallurgical Price Branch, delivered a speech on behalf of the editor-in-chief unit; Su Changyong, deputy Secretary-General of China Iron and Steel Association, Party Secretary and President of Metallurgical Industry Press, delivered a speech on behalf of the publishing unit. China Iron and Steel Industry Association industrial operation Department director, metallurgical price branch secretary-general Diao Li presided over the press conference ceremony. Representatives from iron and steel enterprises, upstream and downstream enterprises, institutions and some of the book participated in the press conference.

Meng Yan said in his speech that the price is the most sensitive signal to reflect market supply and demand changes, and steel products are in the upper reaches of the industrial chain, products involve a wide range, a wide range of influence, analysis of steel products price fluctuations trend and impact, to analyze the development trend of upstream and downstream industries, master the overall operation of the industrial economy has important value. "China's Steel Price for 20 Years" systematically combs the detailed steel product price data over the years, and carries out in-depth exploration in the price situation analysis, theoretical analysis framework, etc., rich in content and systematic, and provides an important reference for the analysis and judgment of industrial economic situation. She put forward three requirements for the operation of the steel industry: first, we should focus on strengthening the operation monitoring and analysis, second, we should focus on promoting the steady growth of the industrial economy, and third, we should focus on creating a good environment for industrial operation and development. "I hope that the Association will reflect the difficult demands of enterprises in a timely manner and promote the introduction and implementation of more pro-enterprise policies and measures." At the same time, we should strengthen the self-discipline of the industry, stop all kinds of hoarding and market price speculation, promote the stability of the industry price, and maintain the normal order of the development of the industry."

"It's a good book." Wang Haitao opened his speech with a straightforward evaluation of "China's steel price for 20 years". He further explained that there are three criteria for a good book. First, the content of the book is good. The book systematically reflects the changes in steel prices, the time span from the early stage of reform and opening up to the future outlook, the content is very rich and comprehensive, both micro vision and macro vision. Moreover, the book on price decision-making, management and price formation mechanism, international and domestic market prices, even including industry supervision, industry self-discipline and other aspects are involved, the content is high level, high quality. The second is the authority of the compilation unit, the editing team provides a strong guarantee for the quality of the book, and I believe that it can also be fully recognized by the market. Third, the publishing unit is authoritative and influential. Metallurgical Industry Press is the most authoritative publishing institution in the metallurgical industry. "With a book in hand, the ink is overflowing." The book's cover design and content layout are exquisite, adding luster to the book. Wang Haitao finally pointed out that entering the new era, as a steel price related industry practitioners, should actively pay attention to the new changes in international and domestic demand, analyze the impact of these new changes, so as to better promote the scientific decision-making of relevant departments, scientific management, and promote the high-quality development of the industry.

In her speech, Qu Xiuli first briefly reviewed the development process of China's steel industry and the formation process of steel market prices. She said that the study and use of steel and upstream and downstream industries suitable for China's market economy product price operation law, and respectively from the macro, meso and micro levels of steel market prices to monitor and analyze, in order to facilitate the later macro-control and micro decision-making, It has always been an important starting point for the government, industry and enterprises to ensure the coordinated and balanced development of the national economy and the health, stability and sustainability of the industry, as well as the improvement of profitability and competitiveness of enterprises. It is of great significance to improve the price formation mechanism of steel products and stabilize the market operation by summarizing the characteristics of the price movement of steel products in the past 20 years and exploring the law and influencing factors of the price trend.

"A prosperous age to repair the book. "China's Steel Price 20 Years" is the first book to systematically reflect and study the price of steel products since the founding of New China. The book comprehensively reviews the development of China's steel industry, shows the price changes of steel products, and summarizes the influencing factors behind the price trend, which has high reference value for practitioners in the steel and upstream and downstream industries." Qu Xiuli expressed the hope that with the book "China's Steel Price 20 Years" as an opportunity, all parties actively cooperate, give full play to the role of the steel product price mechanism, help steel enterprises better practice the principle of "three sets three do not", and make greater contributions to the steel industry to create a fair, stable, healthy and orderly market order.

Zhu Junhong said in his speech that steel prices as a key indicator of industry development and economic operation, the complexity and importance of its formation mechanism is self-evident. This book strives to present the price changes, supply and demand situation and other influencing factors of steel products in an objective, comprehensive and scientific way, aiming to reveal the regular, predictable and referable information among them. It is hoped that it can help people better understand the law of price changes and provide reliable support and reference for policy making and business decision-making. With the iterative innovation of data collection means and data analysis technology, the value of price data will be further enhanced and play a greater role in the industry and enterprise level, and Shanghai Steel Union will also increase investment in this direction to meet the needs of the industry and enterprises.

"To be able to preserve the history of the price field of the steel industry and realize the long-cherished wish of steel price people for many years, Metallurgical Industry Press as the publisher of this book, I am not only honored to publish a book like China's Steel Price 20 Years, but also inspired and encouraged in the publishing process." Su Changyong, on behalf of the publishing unit, said in his speech that the publication of "China's Steel Price 20 Years" will certainly help the market players in the steel industry chain better understand and follow the law of value, play a positive role in the allocation of market resources, and help the government, industry and enterprises to understand the law of price changes and better guide policies and business decisions. Provide support for the steel industry and the coordinated development of upstream and downstream and the smooth operation of the steel industry chain.

Wang Yaobin, deputy general manager of Hesteel Group, Wei Kechao, deputy general manager of Shougang Group, Xiao Jinglian, deputy general manager of Shougang Stock Marketing Center, Wang Quanyi, chairman of Tianjin Jinsheng Metallurgical Products Company, Zhou Jinbiao, Chief of Financial Budget Section of Hunan Valin Xiang Steel Company, etc., spoke on behalf of steel enterprises, and they congratulated on the publication of the book "Chinese Steel Price 20 Years". They agreed that "China's Steel Price 20 Years" witnessed the evolution of China's steel prices, is a high-quality and authoritative good book, and is of great significance to promote the high-quality development of the steel industry.

At the conference, experts and scholars from upstream and downstream research institutions in the industry and participating personnel exchanged speeches. Zhao Impartial, director of the International Department of the Price Monitoring Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in his speech that the editors of "China Steel Price 20 Years" have worked tirelessly and kept improving with the feelings of serving the country by the industry, presenting accurate figures, fresh dynamics, in-depth analysis and independent research to everyone. The publication of the book represents the steel price people with a louder voice, a clearer view, more accurate data, clearer judgment, to the market and practitioners to deliver the right voice. Zuo Geng, chief researcher of China Minmetals Economic Research Institute, said in his speech that the publication of "China's Steel Prices for 20 Years" provides a reference for the historical price trend of China's steel enterprises to participate in global governance, and provides theoretical support for how to do a good job in the price research system, and the book will leave a strong mark on the price research of China's steel industry. Liu Jun, senior director of China Petroleum Materials Company (procurement center), said that as a steel user, the core of the main concern is the quality of the product, the price of the market and the level of guaranteed supply services, hoping to take the publication of "China's Steel Price 20 years" as an opportunity to further strengthen cooperation with steel enterprises and related parties, and work together to open up a new chapter of upstream and downstream cooperation. In his speech, Zhang Lanying, the former executive vice president of the Metallurgical Price Branch, reviewed the start-up process and compilation process of the book "China's Steel Price 20 years", hoping to take the publication of the book as an opportunity to organize member units to carry out research on price theory in the later stage to better serve the industry and enterprises. Yang Wei, deputy secretary general of the Metallurgical Price Branch and director of the Price Consultation Office of the Metallurgical Industry Information Center, said that the publication of "China's Steel Prices for 20 Years" has great and far-reaching significance for more market players and relevant personnel to refer to and use.

At the end of the press conference, Meng Yan, Wang Haitao, Qu Xioli, Zhu Junhong and Su Changyong jointly unveiled the new book "China Steel Price 20 Years".