Stimulated by the continuous growth of China's economy and booming demand in the international steel market, China's steel industry has developed rapidly since 2000. China's output of crude steel nearly quadrupled in the period 2000 to 2007, rising to 489 million tons in 2007 from 129 million tons in 2000, far higher than GDP growth in the same period.

The report studies all investment projects financed by 32 listed companies of China steel industry from 2000 to 2008, and summarizes the investment trend of China steel industry and the investment characteristics and investment trend of the companies as well.

We have a collection of more than 35,000 pieces of information, released by 1,500 Chinese listed companied, on investment projects financed by fund raising and non fund raising since 2000. After the information is processed by software and studied by analysts, the investment direction report concerning various industries is completed, which is classified by time, region (province, autonomous region and municipality), by purpose and by sector.

Investment Projects of China Listed Steel Companies, 2000-2008
 

Starting from 2000, China steel industry has gone through a rapid growth in newly increased investment. It took China's annual investment in steel industry only six years to jump to CNY100 billion from CNY10 billion in 2000.  However, the year of 2007 witnessed a sharp decline in such investment. On the basis of the investment performance in the first half of 2008, the total investment of China steel industry is expected to continue falling this year, due to impact of skyrocketing prices of raw materials in international market, including iron ore, and adjustment of national export tariff policy.

Investment Distribution of China Listed Steel Companies by Region 2000-2008 
 

Top 10 of China Listed Steel Firms in Terms of Investment, 2000-2008
 

Annual Investment of Baosteel, 2000-2008
 

Investment Distribution of Baosteel by Segments, 2000-2008

2. Investment Direction of Listed Steel Companies 
2.1 Panzhihua New Steel & Vanadium Co., Ltd 
2.1.1 Investment Direction 
2.1.2 Investment Characteristics 
2.2 Tangshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd
2.2.1 Investment Direction 
2.2.2 Investment Characteristics  
2.3 SGIS Songshan Co., Ltd
2.3.1 Investment Direction 
2.3.2 Investment Characteristics
2.4 Liaoning Benxi Steel Plate Co., Ltd 
2.4.1 Investment Direction 
2.4.2 Investment Characteristics
2.5 Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd 
2.5.1 Investment Direction 
2.5.2 Investment Characteristics
2.6 Angang Steel Co., Ltd 
2.6.1 Investment Direction 
2.6.2 Investment Characteristics
2.7 Hunan Valin Steel Tube & Wire Co., Ltd 
2.7.1 Investment Direction 
2.7.2 Investment Characteristics
2.8 Beijing Shougang Co., Ltd 
2.8.1 Investment Direction 
2.8.2 Investment Characteristics
2.9 Sansteel Minguang Co., Ltd
2.9.1 Investment Direction 
2.9.2 Investment Characteristics
2.10 Handan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd
2.10.1 Investment Direction 
2.10.2 Investment Characteristics
2.11 Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
2.11.1 Investment Direction 
2.11.2 Investment Characteristics
2.12 Inner Mongolian Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd 
2.12.1 Investment Direction 
2.12.2 Investment Characteristics
2.13 Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd 
2.13.1 Investment Direction 
2.13.2 Investment Characteristics 
2.14 Jinan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd
2.14.1 Investment Direction 
2.14.2 Investment Characteristics
2.15 Laiwu Iron & Steel Co., Ltd
2.15.1 Investment Direction 
2.15.2 Investment Characteristics
2.16 Hangzhou Iron & Steel Co., Ltd
2.16.1 Investment Direction 
2.16.2 Investment Characteristics
2.17 Lingyuan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd 
2.17.1 Investment Direction 
2.17.2 Investment Characteristics
2.18 Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd 
2.18.1 Investment Direction 
2.18.2 Investment Characteristics
2.19 Gansu Jiu Steel Group Hongxing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd 
2.19.1 Investment Direction 
2.19.2 Investment Characteristics
2.20 Chengde Xinxin Vanadium and Titanium Co., Ltd 
2.20.1 Investment Direction 
2.20.2 Investment Characteristics 
2.21 Nanchang Changli Iron & Steel Co., Ltd 
2.21.1 Investment Direction 
2.21.2 Investment Characteristics
2.22 Anyang Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd 
2.22.1 Investment Direction 
2.22.2 Investment Characteristics
2.23 Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron & Steel Co., Ltd
2.23.1 Investment Direction 
2.23.2 Investment Characteristics
2.24 Maanshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd 
2.24.1 Investment Direction 
2.24.2 Investment Characteristics
2.25 Guangzhou Iron & Steel Co., Ltd 
2.25.1 Investment Direction 
2.25.2 Investment Characteristics
2.26 Liuzhou Iron & Steel Co., Ltd 
2.26.1 Investment Direction 
2.26.2 Investment Characteristics
2.27 Chongqing Iron & Steel Co. Ltd  
2.27.1 Investment Direction 
2.27.2 Investment Characteristics 

3. Investment Direction of Listed Special Steel Companies 
3.1 Daye Special Steel Co., Ltd 
3.1.1 Investment Direction 
3.1.2 Investment Characteristics  
3.2 Dalian Jinniu Co., Ltd
3.2.1 Investment Direction 
3.2.2 Investment Characteristics
3.3 Xining Special Steel Co., Ltd
3.3.1 Investment Direction 
3.3.2 Investment Characteristics 
3.4 Fushun Special Steel Co., Ltd
3.4.1 Investment Direction 
3.4.2 Investment Characteristics
3.5 Panggang Group Sichuan Changcheng Special Steel Co., Ltd 
3.5.1 Investment Direction 
3.5.2 Investment Characteristics