BEIJING: The 12th China Iron and Steel Development Forum, jointly organized by the Engineering Management Department of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute held in Beijing.
The theme of this forum was: new stage, new concept, new pattern; carbon peak, carbon emission reduction, carbon neutralization-he proposition of high quality development of iron and steel.
Nearly 1,000 participants including Chinese officials from relevant departments, steel enterprises, experts and scholars from research institutes in the field of steel and iron and domestic and overseas media attended the meeting.
Addressing the opening ceremony, HuWenrui, Director of the Engineering Management Department of Chinese Academy of Engineering, said, the year 2021 is the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan of China. Under the new development pattern, China’s steel industry faces great challenges in low-carbon transformation.
“We should actively plan and take early action to open a new journey of green and low-carbon development,” he added. In his keynote speech, Li Yizhong, former minister of industry and information Technology and President of the China Industrial Economic Federation, said, in order to ensure the realization of national carbon peak and carbon neutral targets, industry should take responsibility and adjust its industrial, energy and product mix.
“To construct a new development pattern, we should pay attention to the development and application of international and domestic markets and resources, strengthen the national energy and strategic mineral resources guarantee capacity, and ensure industrial security,” he added. – Agencies
