NDRC: 80 percent of this year's steel capacity reduction tasks have been completed
CAI ronghua, deputy director of the industrial coordination department of the national development and reform commission, said Thursday that the steel production capacity has been 24.7 million tons, almost 80 percent of the target.Numerically, the follow-up task may seem modest, but it is by no means an easy task.
The national development and reform commission held a special press conference on Tuesday to introduce the work of supply-side structural reform and answer questions from journalists.
On the issue of capacity reduction, more than 80% of China's total capacity reduction of crude steel in 2016 and 2017 has reached the upper limit of 150 million tons during the 13th five-year plan period.Second, how to consolidate these gains?
CAI said that both the reduction of steel production capacity and the issue of "underground steel" have been a major concern of the society in the past two years and an important task of the national development and reform commission.It should be said that since 2016, under the correct leadership of the CPC central committee and the state council, we, together with relevant departments, have made remarkable achievements in carrying out steel capacity reduction.Since the beginning of this year, we have continued to press ahead with the reduction of steel production capacity to consolidate hard-won gains.
This year, CAI said, the following main work:
First, we will continue to deepen steel capacity reduction. According to this year's government work report, China will reduce crude steel production capacity by about 30 million tons in 2018.We, together with the interministerial joint meeting on the reduction of overcapacity and development in the steel and coal industries, have made arrangements for the implementation of the 2018 reduction targets and ensured the completion of the annual targets.
The second is to strengthen the supervision and inspection of all kinds of information.As for the verification and disposal of the information, as for the specific content of the report and the typical and representative situation of the report, we will carry out field verification with the member units of the inter-ministerial joint conference. For example, we checked and dealt with the illegal enterprises in shaanxi, jiangxi and ningxia.
Third, we will carry out special spot checks to eliminate excess steel production capacity and guard against the resurgence of "floor steel".A total of eight inspection teams were organized by the inter-ministerial joint meeting in May and June this year to conduct field inspections in 21 provinces (districts and municipalities).In this work, we invite media comrades to follow up the spot check and report relevant information in a timely manner.
Fourth, strengthen international exchanges and cooperation on steel capacity reduction.Now steel production capacity reduction work is not only domestic, but also international attention.In the first half of this year, we attended the eighth plenary meeting of the global conference on steel overcapacity and the steering group meeting, where serious discussions were held on steel capacity data, de-capacity work and market-distorting government subsidies and support measures, including the report of the ministerial meeting.At the meeting, we made clear China's position and fought hard to safeguard our national interests.These are four areas of work done in the first half of this year.
CAI also revealed the main results achieved in the past two years.A total of 1-150 million tons of crude steel production capacity is planned for the 13th five-year plan period. With the joint efforts of all parties concerned, over 65 million tons of crude steel production capacity was reduced in 2016 and over 55 million tons in 2017.Comprehensive banned in 2017 more than 2017 tons of "DeTiaoGang" capacity, through these measures, effectively purify the market environment, the backward production capacity, inefficient capacity after exit, China's steel industry running situation has improved in 2016, in 2017, in the first half of this year and continue to improve, the entire industry general situation of supply and demand tends to be reasonable, as the iron and steel production capacity, invalid exit, crude steel capacity utilization also sharply, basic return to a reasonable range.
CAI said that about the 30 million tons of tasks mentioned by the reporter, which have been introduced in the briefing, 24.7 million tons have been completed so far, almost 80 percent of the tasks have been completed.Numerically, the follow-up task may seem modest, but it is by no means an easy task.With the improvement of the supply and demand situation of the steel market, especially the rebound of prices, some enterprises have changed their expectations, and the enthusiasm for capacity reduction has declined.Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to add new production capacity to prevent the overproduction capacity that has been reduced from being under great pressure.At the same time, capacity reduction is a relatively complex system engineering. In addition to capacity reduction, it is also a system engineering that needs to place employees well, deal with debts and make local economic transformation well.
CAI ronghua said the next step to continue to do a good job of steel capacity.He revealed that the next step is to focus on four aspects:
First, we will continue to deal with "zombie enterprises" and make them an important focus of capacity reduction, so as to continuously optimize the allocation of resource elements.
Second, we need to cultivate high-quality production capacity, make full use of such market-oriented means as capacity replacement and index trading, and accelerate the formation of high-quality production capacity with advanced technology, high production efficiency, high resource utilization efficiency, strong security capability, high environmental protection level and low energy consumption per unit product, so as to adjust the structure.
Third, speed up technological progress, adhere to innovation-driven development, focus on the stability of steel quality, varieties of advanced and high-end steel, new technologies of energy conservation and environmental protection, and key generic technologies, and increase research and development efforts to achieve breakthroughs as soon as possible.
Fourth, we will promote mergers and reorganizations, and, in accordance with the principles of enterprise ownership, government guidance and market operation, encourage qualified enterprises to carry out mergers and reorganizations across regions and across forms of ownership, improve the integration of quality production capacity, and raise the quality development of the steel industry to a new level.
2018 08/19