1-8 months of this year, China's total crude steel production of 5.43 tons, down 2% over the same period the apparent consumption of crude steel apparent consumption of 4.77 tons, down 5.5%, the decline was significantly more than the decline in output. 1-8 month China's large and medium-sized steel enterprises realized a total profit of 18 billion yuan, while the same period last year to 14 billion 600 million yuan profit. All these fully show that the steel industry in our country is in a very difficult period. So in the plight of China's iron and steel industry, how to achieve the transformation? "Internet plus" will provide the opportunity and way for the iron and steel industry in transition? This is the October 21st Meeting of the Tenth Annual Conference of the sixth session of the Chinese steel Baosteel Symposium on hot topic conference.
Director of the Institute of metals Chinese long Gan Yong academician pointed out in his speech, China's iron and steel industry in a fairly long period of time will be in the new normal low growth, low price, low efficiency, high environmental pressure, and the fundamental way out is to continuous innovation and development, including the concept of innovation, business model innovation, management innovation and technology innovation. The green and intelligent production process of iron and steel industry is the main line of transformation. The application of the Internet industry will further reduce the cost of manufacturing process, improve efficiency, promote technological progress, organizational change, the formation of more widely to the Internet as a new form of infrastructure development and innovation elements.
International Steel Association director general Edwin Basson said in his speech, analysis of Europe and the United States, Japan and other countries and regions in 70s reached the peak of steel demand, steel industry adjustment measures and effect to deal with overcapacity. He believes that the steel industry through restructuring, in terms of production efficiency and product yield will be enhanced. He believes that structural adjustment is a long-term process, but also to go through multiple stages. From some successful restructuring cases can be seen, the government and enterprise collaboration on the results of the adjustment is important.
Vice president Liu Chuanqin NSSC also introduced in 70s the last century Japanese experience for the structural adjustment in his speech. He said, in the process of structural adjustment, the European steel industry is in the business of large losses under the situation began to cut production due to sluggish, led many local iron and steel enterprises are outside Europe capital merger. The United States is also in excess capacity led to the steel industry in the profit and loss edge when it began to cut production capacity, which also resulted in a number of steel mills bankruptcy. In contrast, the Japanese iron and steel enterprises in the case is still able to ensure the profitability of the decision to invest a lot of money, through the centralized and large-scale equipment, cut steel production capacity, and achieved good results.
Baosteel Group Chairman Xu Lejiang said in his speech, the Chinese iron and steel industry is currently in a bad era, is also the best of times. European and American Iron and steel industry suffered overcapacity is different, Chinese steel industry to catch up with the Internet era, the Internet has become a tool of transcendence, ability, combined with all walks of life to give new strength in traditional industries. The Internet is providing opportunities and ways for the transformation of China's iron and steel industry. Mainly reflected in the following four aspects.
First, with the advantage of the Internet to enhance the efficiency of China's steel industry. This includes:
1) to improve the efficiency of organization and resource allocation. Internet has shortened the distance between enterprises and customers, supply and demand is more clear, it is conducive to improve the organizational efficiency of steel enterprises, thereby improving the efficiency of resource allocation.
2) to improve the efficiency of R & D and technology. The Internet technology into the manufacturing process technology and product R & D and innovation, become a kind of both to improve the efficiency of research and development can become a major tool for process and product innovation.
3) to enhance the efficiency of business model. The Internet is a technical tool to link all aspects of the iron and steel industry chain, and it is an important means to improve the efficiency of the business model.
Secondly, with the help of the Internet to achieve the transformation of the steel industry services. Service transformation of the steel industry has become the consensus of the whole industry, the Internet is a tool to boost the transformation of the steel industry services.
Again, with the help of the Internet technology to promote the transformation of iron and steel manufacturing to the intelligent. "China manufacturing 2025" and "Internet plus" will promote the development of the Internet, combining the cloud computing, big data, networking and modern manufacturing industry in depth, and jointly promote the China's transformation from a big manufacturing country to a powerful one.
Finally, with the help of the Internet to resolve the crisis of overcapacity in the steel industry. Xu Lejiang thinks, disorderly competition, repeated investment, productivity is growing faster than the growth rate of demand for iron and steel circulation links too much confusion on the real needs of the error amplifier, industry resources allocation efficiency is too low and the mismatch are caused by overcapacity crisis today.