Under the new situation and new pattern, how to integrate the development of the steel industry chain?

From March 21 to 22, 2024, the 13th China Steel Logistics Summit Forum was held in Shanghai. At the forum, participants conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges on hot issues such as the transformation and upgrading of China's steel industry supply chain, high-quality industrial development and integration of emerging strategies.

He Liming, President of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, delivered the opening speech for the conference. He Liming said that the current domestic economic recovery and development is still facing a certain amount of pressure, the decline in external demand and insufficient domestic demand, cyclical and structural problems coexist, especially the real estate, local debt and other risks highlighted, for steel demand and market prices have a greater impact, but also for the development of steel logistics and supply chain has brought serious challenges. In 2024, China's steel industry is in a critical period of structural transformation, the pressure to improve quality, increase efficiency and reduce costs continues to increase, and challenges and opportunities coexist in the field of steel logistics and supply chain, which also puts forward higher requirements for the confidence, determination and judgment of entrepreneurs. For the next stage of industry development, He Liming believes that the first is to maintain development focus and deepen cost reduction, efficiency and quality. Second, deepen industrial integration and promote the integration of the whole chain of the supply chain. Third, adhere to innovation-driven, cultivate new quality logistics productivity.

Faced with the severe operation and production situation, steel companies such as Baosteel, Shougang and SOBOOM have made every effort to grasp the company's operation strategy and focus on operation and production to the direction of global development. Iron and steel companies on the one hand to meet the needs of metallurgical production as the fundamental, to provide high-quality and efficient transportation services; On the other hand, we adhere to the management concept of "low cost and high efficiency", and truly implement cost reduction measures by grasping cost reduction and efficiency improvement control measures, deepening internal market reform, strict management and accountability mechanism, and improve team cohesion and execution.

We will give full play to the role of China's national platforms, link various innovation resources within industries and industrial innovation consortia, and build an open, shared and vibrant innovation ecology. Continue to optimize the full-cycle support and service system for science and technology enterprises, focus on the pain points of enterprise development, and initially build an industrial service system covering 6 categories and 21 contents, promote the extension of industrial services from "basic services" to "value-added services", further transform to marketization, specialization, and branding, and promote the sustained and steady growth of the steel industry.