On 7-8 January, the 18th China Steel Industry Chain Market Summit and Lange Steel 2022 Annual Conference, an annual top-level event in China's steel industry, was held in Beijing - Guozheng International Conference and Exhibition Centre was held in Beijing. With the theme of "Through the Cycle - The Development Path of the Steel Industry", the conference invited government leaders, famous economists, renowned entrepreneurs and steel industry elites to gather together, with 1,880 participants on site and 166,600 people online through live video streaming. The conference was attended by 1,880 people on site and 166,600 people online via live video streaming, who together took the pulse of the industry development trend and pointed out the direction for the development of enterprises up and down the steel industry chain.

On the morning of January 8, the theme conference officially opened, and the conference was presided over by Li Yan, Deputy Secretary-General of China Metal Material Circulation Association.

In the theme report, Qu Xiuli, Vice President and Secretary-General of China Iron and Steel Industry Association, delivered a wonderful speech on the theme of "China's iron and steel industry operation situation and development trend". She first introduced the operation of the steel industry in 2022, and looked forward to the development trend of the steel industry in 2023 from the aspects of domestic and foreign economic situation, resources and energy environment, mergers and acquisitions of the steel industry. She said that the iron and steel industry has entered a new stage of development, and hoped that everyone would work together to implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern and jointly promote the iron and steel industry to truly achieve high-quality development.

Wang Guoqing, director of Lange Iron and Steel Research Center, introduced the AI big data products of "Iron and Steel Wise Policy". She said that the "Iron and Steel Wise Policy" - Lange&Tengjing Iron and Steel Big Data AI Aided Decision System was jointly built by Lange Group and Tengjing Digital Technology. This product is supported by the massive data system of steel and upstream and downstream industries accumulated by Lange Steel for 27 years. It has the advanced technical support of AL, intelligent prediction model and mature product system. It can achieve intelligent prediction through AI self-learning and self-correction, and finally achieve a clear and clear future trend prediction of important indicators in the industry.

The theme conference in the afternoon was hosted by Zhang Dengxiang, vice president of Lange Group and general manager of Lange Cloud Commerce.

Zheng Min, chairman of Yibang Power and president of Yibang Think Tank, delivered a wonderful speech on the theme of "seeing the digital value of steel industry". He said that the profit and loss of the traditional steel trade mainly depends on luck. To achieve sustainable development, enterprises need to turn to the efficiency lever. By using the digital efficiency lever, they can seek new opportunities at both ends, reduce the cost of competition, and seek digital growth with the in-depth services of the supply chain.

Han Weidong, senior expert of Lange Steel Network and vice president of Youfa Steel Pipe Group, made an outlook on the trend and price of China's steel market in 2023. He introduced the economic situation at home and abroad, world steel demand, domestic supply and demand status, etc. He said that the worst period has passed and China's economy has begun to stabilize and recover, but it is difficult to recover to the previous level. Because the current external environment is complex and risky, the pressure on China's economy is still high. Han Weidong predicted that the output and demand of steel in 2023 would be flat, and the average price would be lower than the level in 2022, but higher than the average price in the second half of 2022.

The conference held a wonderful dialogue with the theme of "2023 steel supply chain development and market outlook", presided over by Ke Shiyu, deputy general manager of the marketing center of Baowu Group Guangdong Zhongnan Steel Co., Ltd. Ren Hongwei, Deputy General Manager of Supply Chain Management Department of China Communications Construction Group, Liao Xuezhi, Deputy General Manager of Yunnan Construction Investment Logistics Co., Ltd., Liu Xianchor, Deputy General Manager of Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Zhou Guofeng, General Manager of Lingyuan Iron and Steel Group Sales Company, and Ma Li, Chief Analyst of Lange Iron and Steel Network, were invited to analyze the macro policy, steel demand, output, inventory and other aspects, and forecast the market trend in 2023.

On the evening of the 7th, the "Gold Supplier Award Ceremony" and the "Lange Cloud Business Night" gala dinner were held. Xiang Hongjun, Senior Manager of the Central Procurement Management Center of China Construction Corporation, Liu Baoqing, Director of the Operation Management Department of China Railway Construction Corporation, Chen Jinbao, General Manager of the Operation Management Department of China Chemical Engineering Group, Wang Jingwei, Director of the Construction Management Department of Beijing Construction Engineering Group, Chen Kunneng, General Manager of the Engineering Business Department of Yunnan Construction Investment Logistics Co., Ltd., Wang Yan, Director of the Supply Chain Management Department of China Communications Group, Qi Zhi, Deputy General Manager of China Railway Trade Group Beijing Co., Ltd Hu Dongming, Deputy General Manager of China Railway International Group Trade Co., Ltd., Yang Na, General Manager of China Railway Materials Group (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., Zhang Wei, Director of Operation Management Department of China Railway Construction Co., Ltd., Sun Guojie, Secretary of Beijing Kaitong Materials Co., Ltd. of CCCC First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd., Shen Jincheng, General Manager of Beijing Zhuzong Science and Trade Holding Group Co., Ltd., Yan Shujun, Deputy General Manager of Honglu Steel Structure Group Yang Jun, the manager of Gansu Transportation Materials Trading Group, and other leaders presented medals to the enterprises who won the "2022 Gold Supplier" award.

At the meeting, the award ceremony of the top 10 brands was also grandly held, including Jia Yinsong, Deputy Secretary-General of the All-China Metallurgical Chamber of Commerce, Li Shubin, Director of the Expert Committee of the China Scrap Steel Application Association, Cui Pijiang, President of the China Coking Industry Association, Lei Pingxi, Chief Engineer of the China Metallurgical and Mining Industry Association, Wang Jianzhong, Assistant General Manager of China Railway Materials Co., Ltd., Yan Fei, President of the Beijing Metal Materials Circulation Industry Association Liu Yu'an, Chairman of Ningxia Wangyuan Modern Metal Logistics Group, and Liu Changqing, Chairman of Lange Group, presented medals to the award-winning enterprises.

This meeting was sponsored by Lange Steel Network and Beijing Metal Material Circulation Industry Association, jointly sponsored by Jingye Group, Tianjin Yuantaiderun Steel Pipe Manufacturing Group Co., Ltd., Handan Zhengda Pipe Manufacturing Group Co., Ltd., co-sponsored by Tianjin Youfa Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd. and South China Material Resources Group Co., Ltd., and co-sponsored by Tianjin Juncheng Pipeline Industry Group Co., Ltd. and China Construction Development Steel Group Co., Ltd, Lingyuan Steel Co., Ltd., Hebei Xinda Steel Group Co., Ltd., Tianjin Lida Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Panjin Steel Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Shandong Guanzhou Co., Ltd.