At present, China's crude steel production capacity reaches 1.14 billion tons

According to preliminary statistics from the China Iron and Steel Association, China's current crude steel production capacity is 1.14 billion tons. The severe market situation has caused companies to experience the adverse impact of the problem of overcapacity on the healthy development of the industry and the continuous deepening of understanding.

Chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association and Xu Lejiang, chairman of Baosteel, stated during the eight executive members (expanding) meeting of the 4th China Iron and Steel Association and labor model recognition that the current problem of overcapacity in the Chinese steel industry remains severe.

Xu Lejiang said that in the first half of 2014, the central and local governments were actively pushing forward the resolution of the problem of overcapacity in steel production. The severe market situation has caused companies to experience the adverse impact of the problem of overcapacity on the healthy development of the industry and the continuous deepening of understanding. According to preliminary statistics from the China Iron and Steel Association, China's current crude steel production capacity is 1.14 billion tons.