The Work Program proposes that from 2025 to 2026, the added value of the iron and steel industry will increase by about 4% annually, the economic benefits will stabilize and rebound, the market supply and demand will be more balanced, the industrial structure will be more optimized, the effective supply capacity will be continuously enhanced, and the level of green, low-carbon and digital development will be significantly improved. The Work Programme has deployed five work initiatives. One is to strengthen industry management. Through the joint implementation of capacity reduction and replacement, output regulation and the implementation of classified management of the iron and steel industry, we will further control the increment, optimize the stock, force backward and inefficient production capacity to withdraw, support the development of superior enterprises, and promote the balance of supply and demand in the industry and the survival of the fittest. The second is to strengthen industrial scientific and technological innovation. By enhancing the supply capacity of high-end products, we will focus on making up for shortcomings and weaknesses, promote the upgrading of the quality of bulk products and stabilize the supply of raw materials and fuels, and further enhance the resilience and safety level of the industrial chain and supply chain. The three is to expand effective investment. The transformation and upgrading of the industry will be promoted by accelerating the renovation of process equipment, digital transformation and green low-carbon transformation, promoting the large-scale transformation of main equipment, the application of high-end equipment such as advanced electric furnaces and special smelting, the transformation of long processes into short processes, the application of digital and intelligent technologies and advanced green and low-carbon processes. Fourth, expand market demand. Expand the application of steel structure in construction, transportation, infrastructure and other fields, and stimulate the release of consumption potential. Fifth, deepen open cooperation. Stabilize the foreign trade market and improve the level of international development.
Next, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will work with relevant departments to strengthen policy publicity and interpretation, organize relevant regions and enterprises to carry out tasks, promote the smooth operation of the iron and steel industry, and accelerate structural optimization and upgrading. The original texts of the
Notice and the Work Plan are as follows:
Notice
on Printing and Issuing the Work Plan for Steady Growth of the Iron and Steel Industry (2025-2026) Lianyuan [2025] No.
171 of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology All provinces, autonomous regions, Departments in charge of industry and information technology, natural resources, ecological environment, commerce and market supervision of municipalities directly under the Central Government and Sinkiang Production and Construction Corps:
The Work Plan for Steady Growth of the Iron and Steel Industry (2025-2026) is hereby printed and distributed to you, and please earnestly implement it according to the actual situation. Ministry of
Industry and Information Technology
, Ministry
of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology
, Ministry of Commerce,
General Administration of
Market Supervision, August 6
, 2025, Steady Growth of Iron and Steel Industry Plan (2025-2026)
Iron and steel industry is an important basic and pillar industry of the national economy, and an important field related to stable industrial growth and stable economic operation. At present, the total supply of iron and steel industry is too large, the effective demand is insufficient, and the imbalance between supply and demand is the main contradiction affecting the quality and efficiency of the development of the industry. In order to implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference and promote the smooth operation and structural optimization and upgrading of the iron and steel industry, this work plan is formulated.
First, the overall requirement
is to take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guidance, comprehensively implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC and the 2nd and 3rd Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC, adhere to the general tone of steady progress, focus on quality and efficiency, strengthen the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, pay attention to the synergy between supply and demand, and strive to build a well-off society in an all-round way. Enhance the adaptability of supply and demand, strictly prohibit new production capacity and implement total output reduction and control, upgrade the quality of high-end special steel research and development and bulk products, expand the application of construction and transportation to expand demand, promote transformation through digital green transformation, accelerate the transformation of new and old kinetic energy, and cultivate new quality productivity according to local conditions. To achieve effective improvement in quality and reasonable growth in quantity.
2. From
2025 to 2026, the added value of the iron and steel industry will increase by about 4% annually , the economic benefits will stabilize and rebound, the market supply and demand will be more balanced, the industrial structure will be more optimized, and the effective supply capacity will be continuously enhanced. The level of green, low-carbon and digital development has been significantly improved.
3. Work measures
(1) Strengthen industry management and promote the survival
of the fittest 1. Revise and promulgate the implementation measures of capacity replacement in the iron and steel industry, and increase the intensity of capacity reduction and replacement. To support the development of low-carbon ironmaking processes such as electric furnace steel, hydrogen metallurgy, merger and reorganization, high-end special steel and other projects in line with the direction of industrial development, and to promote industrial reduction development and transformation and upgrading. Strengthen the coordination of policies such as capacity replacement, project filing, environmental assessment, emission permit, industrial product production permit and energy rating. We will support the transfer of iron and steel production capacity in key areas of air pollution prevention and control to outside the region. We will continue to implement the policy of reducing output, implement the annual output control task in accordance with the principle of supporting the development of advanced enterprises and forcing the withdrawal of backward and inefficient production capacity, and promote the dynamic balance between supply and demand.
2. Implement the Standard Conditions for the Iron and Steel Industry (2025 Edition), comprehensively carry out classified evaluation of iron and steel enterprises, and implement three-level management according to leading standard enterprises, standard enterprises and enterprises that do not meet the standard conditions. We will strengthen the coordination of standardized enterprise management at different levels with industrial policies, output control, fiscal, taxation and financial policies, guide resource elements to gather in superior enterprises, and cultivate a number of leading and standardized enterprises.
(2) Strengthen industrial scientific and technological innovation and enhance effective supply capacity
3. Focus on key steel products such as high-performance bearing steel, gear steel, superalloy, tool and die steel needed in high-end equipment, core basic components and other fields. Organize iron and steel enterprises to cooperate with upstream and downstream enterprises, universities and scientific research institutes to tackle key problems in the industrial chain. We will continue to play the role of key platforms for new materials such as ships, marine engineering and ultra-supercritical materials, and accelerate product application verification and iterative upgrading. We will implement the Guidelines for the Construction of Pilot Platforms for New Materials and support local governments and enterprises to build pilot platforms around high-end special steel and hydrogen metallurgy.
4. Focusing on the upgrading needs of major steel industries such as automobiles, machinery, shipbuilding and household appliances, we will study and improve product and application standards, and coordinate with downstream industries to promote product application and upgrading. We will accelerate the improvement of green low-carbon product standards, promote the certification of green low-carbon steel products, and support the promotion and application of green low-carbon steel products in key projects and major projects in areas where conditions permit. Carry out quality and safety traceability for steel products with production licenses such as steel bars.
5. Accelerate the start-up and production expansion of key domestic iron ore projects. Support the normal production of compliance mining enterprises and avoid the "one size fits all" of industry rectification measures. We will increase efforts to ensure the supply and price of raw materials and fuels such as iron ore and coking coal, and support iron and steel enterprises to sign long-term agreements with coking coal and coking enterprises. We will encourage the import of high-quality coking coal resources and high-quality recycled steel resources. In areas where scrap iron and steel resources are concentrated, the construction of an integrated base for scrap iron and steel recycling, processing, distribution and smelting will be carried out.
(3) Expanding effective investment and promoting transformation and upgrading
6. Implementing the Guidelines for Equipment Renewal and Technological Transformation in Key Industrial Sectors. We will accelerate the upgrading of restricted equipment such as blast furnaces, converters, electric furnaces, tamping coke ovens, top-loading coke ovens and sintering machines, as well as the renewal of old equipment whose first generation of furnace life has expired, and promote the large-scale transformation of main equipment. Promote the application of advanced electric furnace, special smelting and other high-end equipment. Support conditional areas to withdraw from the long process of blast furnace-converter and develop the short process of electric furnace.
7. Implement the Guidelines for the Implementation of Digital Transformation in the Iron and Steel Industry, study and formulate the evaluation criteria for the level of digital transformation in the iron and steel industry, carry out the evaluation and diagnosis of digital transformation, and cultivate typical scenarios, benchmarking factories and benchmarking enterprises for digital transformation.Promote the development of "artificial intelligence + iron and steel industry", support superior enterprises, scientific research institutes, universities, etc. To establish data resource nodes and build high-quality data sets; accelerate the intelligent adaptation transformation of process equipment, and synchronously promote the application of general vertical large models and scene small models with application scenarios as the traction, general large models as the base and metallurgical mechanism as the basis. We will accelerate the renewal and substitution of industrial operating systems for key enterprises in the iron and steel industry.
8. Promote the implementation of the Opinions on Promoting the Implementation of Ultra-low Emissions in the Iron and Steel Industry, and complete the target task of ultra-low emissions transformation by the end of 2025. Support iron and steel enterprises to implement energy efficiency improvement and transformation, and promote clean energy substitution. Promote the research on the synergistic technology path of pollution reduction and carbon reduction in the iron and steel industry. We will support low-carbon common technologies such as hydrogen metallurgy to tackle key problems, and accelerate the pilot verification and industrialization of integrated technologies and equipment for green power, green hydrogen and pure hydrogen metallurgy. Promote industry enterprises to build a number of digital energy and carbon management centers. We will accelerate the establishment of a carbon footprint accounting standard system for iron and steel products, strengthen carbon measurement management, improve the quality of carbon accounting data, and do a good job in quota trading and clearance after being incorporated into the national carbon emissions trading market.
Expanding consumer demand and stimulating market consumption potential
9. Deepening upstream and downstream cooperation in key steel areas such as iron and steel and shipbuilding, signing long-term and stable cooperation agreements, and jointly maintaining the stability of the industrial chain. We will actively promote the application of steel structure in residential buildings, public buildings, small and medium-sized span bridges and other fields, and support industry associations to build a whole industry chain cooperation mechanism for upstream and downstream enterprises, such as steel production, steel structure processing, parts manufacturing, architectural design, construction, installation and decoration. Conditional areas are encouraged to cultivate a number of steel structure construction industrial parks and digital supply chain trading service platforms for steel, components and parts.
(5) Deepening open cooperation and improving the level
of international development 10. Implementing the requirements of the Announcement on Optimizing the Standardized Management of Services for the Export of Goods Subject to Domestic Link Tax. Strengthen the export management of iron and steel products and maintain the order of export competition. We will carry out the work of defining high-tech steel products and optimize the structure of steel export products. Promote the formation of mutually recognized product standards and carbon footprint accounting system. Support enterprises to abide by international trade rules, carry out international trade of iron and steel products in accordance with the law and regulations, integrate into the international supply chain system, and improve international competitiveness. We will strengthen industrial cooperation with countries and regions that jointly build "the Belt and Road" and guide iron and steel products to go out in coordination with equipment, technology and services.
4. Safeguard measures
(1) Strengthen organizational safeguards. In light of the actual situation in the region, all localities should focus on the steady growth of the iron and steel industry, refine work measures and promote the implementation of tasks. Major iron and steel provinces should play a leading role in accelerating industrial optimization and upgrading. Industry associations should take positive actions to curb vicious competition, organize enterprises to correctly understand and accurately grasp the development situation of the industry, strictly implement national policies on capacity and output control, guide enterprises to gradually establish self-discipline mechanisms around key products and key regions, and strive to create a market environment of fair competition in accordance with laws and regulations; We should strengthen policy interpretation and promptly reflect new situations, new problems, and countermeasures and suggestions.
(2) Strengthen policy support. Policies such as special re-loans for scientific and technological innovation and technological transformation and ultra-long-term special treasury bonds will be used to support the coordinated transformation of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, digital transformation and comprehensive utilization of resources in the iron and steel industry. We will implement the policy of "reverse invoicing" for scrap iron and steel recycling, and promote the healthy development of the scrap iron and steel recycling industry. In accordance with the principles of marketization, legalization, support and control, and in view of the characteristics of the iron and steel industry, financial institutions should be guided to comprehensively use various financial instruments to provide high-quality financial services for iron and steel enterprises. We will intensify personnel training and cultivate a number of high-end compound talents around the needs of R & D and innovation of new materials and processes and digital transformation.
(3) Strengthen monitoring and dispatching. Carry out normal operation monitoring, organize regular industry analysis and operation meetings, do a good job of research and judgment on emerging and tendentious problems, timely grasp the pain points and difficulties of industry development, and help enterprises solve difficulties. We will improve the early warning mechanism for the production capacity of key products, issue timely early warning information to industries with excess risks, and guide market expectations.
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