[Steel Association 2019 Council] Yu Yong: In 2019, the steel industry must do six major tasks

On January 14, the China Iron and Steel Association's 2019 director (expansion) meeting was held in Beijing Guoyi Hotel. At the meeting, President Yu Yong gave a speech on "In-depth promotion of supply-side structural reforms to improve the quality and efficiency of the operation of the steel industry", and gave a detailed introduction on the operation of the steel industry in 2018 and the situation and tasks faced in 2019.

Yu Yong said in his speech that the Central Economic Work Conference pointed out that China's development will still be in the long-term and important strategic opportunity period. The steel industry must closely follow the new connotation of strategic opportunities and recognize the situation at home and abroad.

On the international front, the International Monetary Fund estimates that the global economic growth rate will be 3.7% from 2018 to 2019, and the growth forecasts for developed economies such as the United States, Europe, Japan and Britain will be lowered, and the volatility of emerging markets and developing economies will increase. Annual economic growth may be difficult to see. The external environment of China's economic growth has indeed undergone significant changes, and the challenges faced have increased. At the same time, we must also see that the “One Belt, One Road” initiative has been welcomed by more and more countries. The “One Belt, One Road” initiative is accelerating, and deepening cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, investment, finance, and interconnection is also underway for global economic development. Increase new power.

Domestically, China's long-term good development prospects have not changed. In 2019, the national economy will continue to develop in a stable, stable and stable manner. The overall demand for steel will remain stable. The steel industry has sufficient confidence in the prospects for economic development and the prospects for the steel industry. At the same time, we must also see that with the continuous adjustment of the economic structure, the main driving force for economic growth is from investment to consumption. The new economic growth point in the process of new and old kinetic energy conversion has significantly weakened the demand for steel products. The demand for steel products in the traditional steel industry is varied. The increase in quantity has shifted to the improvement of quality and quality, and has placed higher demands on the steel industry.

In terms of downstream industry demand, from the perspective of the association's research, infrastructure investment with the government's proposal to maintain the infrastructure construction sector to fill the shortcomings, the central and local governments to accelerate the promotion of key projects, infrastructure investment in the first 11 months of 2018 (excluding electricity) The growth rate has stabilized and rebounded to 3.7%, which is expected to increase in 2019.

From the perspective of the industry, in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the five-year goal of resolving excess capacity has been completed ahead of schedule, and the “strip steel” has been completely eliminated. The market environment has undergone significant changes, the market order has become more fair and orderly, and corporate benefits have continued to improve. The operation of the steel industry has achieved a steady state of stability for many years. However, we must also see that there are still problems in the production structure. The impulse to increase production capacity due to interest-driven violations still exists. The resurgence of “strip steel” still needs to be vigilant. The pressure of releasing too fast capacity of compliance enterprises still exists; the original fuel The cost pressures caused by rising prices and rising environmental protection costs are increasing; some enterprises have a certain gap between energy conservation and environmental protection levels and ultra-low emission requirements and social expectations; enterprises are limited in credit, financing difficulties, and financing problems are still very prominent; product independence There are still some gaps between the innovation capability and some key core technology breakthroughs. The quality stability and consistency of some high-end products still need to be improved. Some common technologies need to be solved urgently. These difficulties and problems should be highly concerned by the whole industry.

Yu Yong said that in short, the situation facing the steel industry in 2019 has opportunities and challenges, and opportunities outweigh challenges. The key to doing a good job in the steel industry depends on the continuous emancipation of the mind, firm confidence, concerted efforts, and self-discipline.

Yu Yong also suggested that in 2019 the steel industry should focus on the following work:

First, continue to deepen supply-side structural reforms. In 2019, the focus of the supply-side structural reform of the steel industry should shift from dissolving excess capacity to preventing the resumption of production capacity, preventing the resurgence of “strip steel” and prohibiting new capacity. The main direction is to shift from the total capacity adjustment to the current There are capacity structure optimization, layout adjustment and merger and reorganization.

Second, accurately grasp the transformation and upgrading strategy and path to promote high-quality development. As a basic industry supporting the development of the manufacturing industry, the steel industry should take the lead in achieving high-quality development. Enterprises should combine their own characteristics, study their own strategies and paths for transformation and upgrading, and guide enterprises to shift to high-quality development. Strengthening the ability of independent innovation and improving the scientific and technological content of products is a key move for China's steel industry to change from a steel country to a steel power. The key core technology is to come, buy or not, and only to master key core technologies. In the hands, we can realize the dream of strengthening the country by steel.

Third, adhere to the concept of green development and make new contributions to the fight against pollution. The Central Economic Work Conference pointed out that to fight the battle against pollution, we must hold our ground, consolidate our achievements, and focus on winning the battle against blue sky. The steel industry must be brave enough to face and cannot be avoided. It is necessary to focus on meeting ultra-low emission standards, aiming at technical bottlenecks affecting ultra-low emissions, increasing work and investment, and improving the level of energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies.

Fourth, strive to maintain a smooth operation of the industry. The iron and steel industry must emancipate the mind, update its concepts, and unify its understanding to improve the quality of development. The steel industry must strengthen its confidence, strengthen industry self-discipline, rationally control the pace of production, and prevent oversupply from oversupply. It is necessary to actively explore measures to strengthen self-discipline at the three levels of industry, region and enterprise, build a long-term mechanism for self-discipline in the industry, give full play to the role of regional self-discipline such as “Shaan Jin, Sichuan and Gansu” and strengthen the constraints of self-discipline. It is necessary to maintain strategic strength and jointly maintain market stability, especially for large enterprises to continue to play the role of regional market stabilizers. It is necessary to pay attention to the development of trade friction between China and the United States, and actively prepare for it, especially to study in depth the indirect impact of trade friction on our steel products.

Fifth, give full play to the role of the main body of the enterprise and actively participate in the construction of the “Belt and Road”. Give full play to the role of the international capacity-cooperative enterprise alliance of China's steel industry, do a good job of docking with the government, financial institutions, and foreign institutions, establish a smooth and efficient working mechanism, and conduct in-depth research on the participation of the steel industry in the construction of the “Belt and Road”. Actively organize and coordinate the participation of iron and steel enterprises in the construction of “One Belt and One Road”, understand the practical difficulties faced by enterprises in participating in the “Belt and Road”, and effectively control various risks; strengthen contact with relevant ministries and commissions to help enterprises solve practical problems.

Sixth, comprehensively strengthen party building and promote the implementation of various tasks. We must persist in putting political construction in the first place, comprehensively strengthen party building, work around industry centers, improve enterprise efficiency, enhance enterprise competitiveness, and achieve high-quality development of enterprises as the starting point and foothold of party building work, giving full play to party organizations. Leading role in the direction, overall management, and implementation of the policy; we must strengthen the building of the party's grassroots organizations, give full play to the role of the party branch as a fighting bastion and the vanguard and exemplary role of party members, and unswervingly implement the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council.



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