On the morning of December 29, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a press conference on the “Fourteenth Five-Year Plan” Raw Material Industry Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”) to introduce the relevant situation of the plan. Chen Kelong, Director of the Department of Raw Materials Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Deputy Directors Chang Guowu and Feng Meng, and Xie Bin, Director of the New Materials Division attended the press conference and answered reporters’ questions. Wang Baoping, Editor-in-Chief of the Press and Publicity Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology presided over the press conference.

At the meeting, Chen Kelong introduced that the “14th Five-Year Plan” no longer made separate plans for petrochemical, chemical, steel and other industries, but integrated the raw material industries to make a plan. The “Plan” includes 4 parts and 8 chapters: development situation, overall requirements, key tasks and major projects, and safeguard measures.
In answering questions from reporters, Chen Kelong made it clear that the production capacity of bulk products such as crude steel and cement will only decrease but not increase.

Subsequently, Chang Guowu affirmed the achievements of the steel industry in deepening the supply-side structural reform during the 13th Five-Year Plan period and resolving excess capacity, and pointed out that the steel industry still faces the pressure of overcapacity during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. There are some outstanding problems in the concentration of low-carbon industries.
In this regard, he said that the “Plan” puts forward specific requirements for the further promotion of supply-side structural reforms in the steel industry during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period.
One is to continue to consolidate the results of capacity reduction, prohibit additional capacity, and improve the long-term mechanism. It is strictly forbidden to build new smelting capacity expansion projects, strictly implement policies and regulations such as capacity replacement, project filing, environmental assessment, and energy assessment, and not to increase steel production capacity in the name of machining, casting, and ferroalloys. Strictly implement environmental protection, energy consumption, quality, safety, technology and other laws and regulations, use comprehensive standards to promote backward production capacity in accordance with laws and regulations, and strictly prevent the resurgence of “land steel” and the resumption of production after eliminating excess capacity. Research and implement differentiated control policies based on carbon emissions, pollutant emissions, total energy consumption, and capacity utilization. Improve the long-term working mechanism for preventing overcapacity, unblock reporting channels, strengthen joint law enforcement, strengthen industry early warning, increase the investigation and punishment of illegal and illegal new capacity behaviors, and continue to maintain a high-pressure crackdown.
The second is to continue to optimize the organizational structure, promote mergers and reorganizations, and strengthen and expand the leading enterprises. Encourage leading companies to implement mergers and reorganizations to build a number of world-class super-large steel enterprise groups. Relying on superior enterprises, cultivate one or two professional leading enterprises in the fields of stainless steel, special steel, seamless steel pipe, and cast pipe respectively. Support the merger and reorganization of regional iron and steel enterprises, and change the “small and chaotic” situation of the iron and steel industry in some areas. Orderly guide the independent hot rolling and independent coking enterprises in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas to participate in the merger and reorganization of iron and steel enterprises. Provide policy support for capacity replacement during the construction of smelting projects for enterprises that have completed substantive mergers and reorganizations. Encourage financial institutions to actively provide comprehensive financial services to iron and steel enterprises that implement mergers and reorganizations, layout adjustments, and transformation and upgrading in accordance with the principles of controllable risks and sustainable business.
The third is to continuously improve the quality of supply, expand the supply of high-end products, and promote the upgrading of product quality. Establish and improve the product quality evaluation system, accelerate the promotion of quality upgrading and upgrading of steel products, and promote the quality classification and evaluation in the fields of aerospace, marine and marine engineering equipment, energy equipment, advanced rail transit and automobiles, high-performance machinery, construction, etc., and continue to improve products Physical quality reliability. Support iron and steel enterprises to aim at downstream industry upgrading and strategic emerging industry development direction, focus on the development of high-quality special steel, special steel for high-end equipment, steel for core basic parts and other key varieties, and strive to break through about 5 key new steel materials every year to meet Steel demand for major technical equipment and major projects. Encourage enterprises to firmly establish the awareness of quality first and brand leadership, and further promote user-centric service-oriented manufacturing to enhance the added value of products and services.
Fourth is to vigorously promote the green and low-carbon transition, implement the carbon peak implementation plan, and coordinate the coordinated governance of pollution and carbon reduction. Support the establishment of a low-carbon metallurgical innovation alliance and accelerate the development and application of low-carbon smelting technologies such as hydrogen metallurgy, non-blast furnace ironmaking, carbon capture, utilization and storage. Support the establishment of a carbon control and monitoring system for the entire process of steel production, and promote market-based trading of carbon emission rights. Carry out industrial energy-saving diagnostic services and support enterprises to increase the proportion of green energy use. Comprehensively promote the ultra-low emission transformation of the iron and steel industry, and improve the differentiated electricity price policy that is conducive to green and low-carbon development. Actively promote the coupled development of steel and building materials, electric power, chemicals, non-ferrous metals and other industries. Promote green consumption, carry out pilot projects of steel structure housing and rural housing construction, optimize the steel structure building standard system; establish and improve the steel green design product evaluation system, guide the upgrading of steel in downstream industries, and promote the application of high-quality, high-strength, and long-life steel products.