(Shanghai, August 6, 2025) The world's top annual event in the steel industry - the 14th China International Steel Conference and the first China International Steel Week - officially kicked off on August 6 at the Shangri-La Green Conference Center in Sanjia Port, Shanghai. This event, with the theme "Technology Empowers - New Quality Future", adopts an "1 + 2 + N" innovative framework (1 thematic conference + 2 major exhibitions + nearly 30 sub-forums), attracting 4,000 representatives from over 60 countries and regions and 600 enterprises to participate, jointly exploring new paths for high-quality development of the industry. The following is the overall schedule and core highlights of the conference:

2025 August 6, Conference Venue

Conference Venue 1: Intelligent Technology Exchange Conference for the Steel Industry

Conference Venue 2: Green and Low-Carbon Technology Exchange Conference for the Steel Industry

Conference Venue 3: Steel Market Seminar

Conference Venue 4: Closed-door Discussion Session for Key Guests

Conference Venue 5: Launch Meeting for 2025 Steel Industry National Standards Projects

2025 August 7, Conference and Conference Venues

Conference Venue 6: 14th China International Steel Conference - Work Conference on Waste Steel Standardization

2025 August 8, Theme Exhibition and Conference Venues

Theme Exhibition 1: 23rd China International Metallurgical Industry Exhibition

Theme Exhibition 2: 2nd Steel Structure Building Industry Chain Exhibition

Conference Venue 7: 2nd Railway Equipment and Steel Industry High-Quality Development Supply and Demand Exchange Conference

Conference Venue 8: Annual Meeting and Group Standard Seminar of China Iron and Steel Industry Association's Extreme Energy Efficiency Standardization Working Group and Group Standard Seminar

Conference Venue 9: Advanced Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction Technology Promotion Symposium and the Office Meeting of the Director of the China Energy Conservation Association's Metallurgical Industry Energy Conservation Professional Committee

Conference Venue 10: Forum on the Cooperation Development of Prefabricated Steel Structures and the Steel Industry

Conference Venue 11: 2025 Home Appliance Steel Supply and Demand Connection and Technology Exchange Symposium

Conference Venue 12: China-ASEAN Bilateral Exchange Conference

Conference Venue 13: China-India Bilateral Exchange Conference

Conference Venue 14: Automotive Steel Supply and Demand Connection Conference

Conference Venue 15: 2025 Steel Industry Chain Industry Chain Hundred Enterprise Forum

Conference Venue 16: 21st Session of the New Knowledge Lecture on Refractory Materials and the Exchange Conference on Green Low-Carbon High-Quality Development of Refractory Materials

Conference Venue 17: 1st National Steel Industry Chain Conference and 3rd National Hot-Rolled Sheet Coil Industry Chain Conference in 2025

Conference Venue 18: Award Ceremony of the "AI Empowers Innovative Design Competition for Steel Structures" Conference Venue 19: Ecological Innovation Technology Exchange Conference for the Entire Steel Structure Industry Chain

2025 August 9, Conference Venues

Conference Venue 20: 2nd Symposium on Automotive Steel Development

Conference Venue 21: Symposium on Prefabricated Steel Structures and New High-End Steel Exports

Conference Venue 22: 20th Session of the "Structural Frontier" Forum - Application of Weathering Steel

2025 August 10, Conference Venues

Conference Venue 23: 2025 Annual Meeting of the Steel Industry Alliance and the Transformation and Development Conference of the International Building Steel Industry

II. Core Issues and Industry Impact

1. Accelerated Green and Low-Carbon Transformation

The conference focuses on technological breakthroughs such as hydrogen metallurgy, CCUS, and extreme energy efficiency. According to the data from the China Iron and Steel Association, as of April 2025, 141 steel enterprises in China have completed ultra-low emission renovations, involving a total crude steel production capacity of 591 million tons, with the total steel per ton energy consumption decreasing by 2.1%. Hebei Iron and Steel Group's hydrogen metallurgy project reduces 800,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, Baotou's CCUS project sequesters 390,000 tons per year, providing a replicable sample for the industry.

2. Deep Integration of Intelligent Manufacturing

Xingcheng Special Steel's "Lighthouse Factory" uses AI visual inspection systems to identify 0.02 millimeters of steel cracks within 0.1 seconds; China Baowu's "black-light factory" has achieved fully automated operation throughout the process, with production efficiency increased by 30%. The "Three-Year Action Plan for Digital Transformation in the Steel Industry" released at the conference clearly sets the goal of establishing 50 intelligent factory benchmarks by 2026.

3. International Cooperation and Supply Chain Resilience

In response to the global reconfiguration of the industrial chain, the conference promoted technological cooperation between China and Japan, initiated the "Global Low-Carbon Metallurgy Innovation Alliance", and conducted discussions on the impact of the US tariff policies. In the first five months of 2025, China's net export of crude steel exceeded 50 million tons, with the proportion of low-carbon emission steel rising to 35%, demonstrating the penetration power of technological innovation in the international market.

4. Policy Leadership and Standard Construction

The China Iron and Steel Association released the "Carbon Emission Accounting Method for Steel Production Enterprises", promoting the fairness of the national carbon market quota allocation mechanism; the compilation of the "Low-Carbon Emission Steel Standard" has begun, helping China's steel industry gain a say in the formulation of international carbon tariff rules.

III. Industry Collaboration and Future Outlook

This year's Steel Week integrated the conference, exhibition, and business negotiations organically, forming a "Technology Exchange - Result Display - Trade Cooperation" closed loop. At the Metallurgical Exhibition, the innovative achievements of 600 enterprises were showcased, with intelligent equipment, green materials, and digital solutions covering the entire industrial chain; the Steel Structure Building Exhibition promoted the application of "Steel Instead of Wood" and "Steel Instead of Concrete", helping the construction industry achieve a low-carbon transformation. 

Just as the executive director of the China Iron and Steel Association, He Wenbo, said: "The steel industry is at a historical turning point. Only by embracing change with an open attitude can it gain the upper hand in global competition." This grand event is not only a concentrated review of industry achievements, but also a strategic layout for the future - through technological innovation breakthroughs, deepening international cooperation, and upgrading the synergy of the industrial chain, China's steel industry is leading the global industry towards a higher quality and more sustainable direction.