SteelHome and China Railway Material Group jointly held 9th Steel Development Strategy Conference and 2nd Raw Materials Summit in International Convention Center on April 19-21, with ~600 delegates from governments, associations, steel mills, miners, traders, research institutes.

Speakers from Associations:

• Wang Xiaoqi, ViceChairman, CISA (>>)

• Wang Yingsheng, Director of Market Research Department, CISA

• Chen Fang, Deputy Director of Market Research Department, CISA

Speakers on Economic Panel:

• Zhu Baoliang, Director, Economic Forecasting Department, State Information Center (>>)

• Li Xiangyang, President, National Institute Of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (>>)

• Tan Yaling, President, China Foreign Exchange Investment Research Institute (>>)

Speakers from Chinese Steel Mills and Traders:

• Cai Jin, Vice President, China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing

• Wang Tao, General Manager, China Railway Material Group Company

• Wu Yanhui, Deputy General Manager, New Fushun Steel

• Huang Yixin, Deputy General Manager, Nanjing Steel

• Zhao Ju, Chief Economist, Shougang

• Du Wenhua, Deputy General Manager, Shandong Steel Group

• Han Weidong, Assistant to President, Youfa Steel Pipe

• Guo Jia, Assistant to President/ President/Honorary President, China Railway Material Group (East China) Company/China Railway Material Group (East China) Company /China Commodities Website

• Li Jianshe, President, Anhui Changjiang Iron and Steel Co.,Ltd

• Liu Yong,General Manager, Jiangsu Taihe Logistics

Speakers from Downstream Steel Consuming Steel Industries:

• Zhou Jiang, Director of Policy Research Centre, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (>>)

• Cai Weici, Deputy Chairman, China Machinery Industry Federation (>>)

• Shi Jianhua, Deputy Head, China Association of Automobile (>>)

• Tan Naifen, Vice Director of Information Department, China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry

• Hu Xiaohong, Department Head of Information Consultation Department, China Household Electrical Appliances Association (>>)

• Shi Yanqiu, Secretary-General, China Container Industry Association

Speakers on Futures and E-Commerce:

• Liu Zhiqiang, Assistant to General Manager, Dalian Commodity Exchange

• Li Junwei, Executive Director of Gold and Steel Department, Shanghai Futures Exchange (>>)

• Li Hongjiang, Assistant to Director of Department of Industrial Products, Dalian Commodity Exchange

• Zhang Hong, President/Director, China Commodities Website/ China Railway Material Group Purchase Center

• Cai Jin, Vice President, China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing

• Yu Gang, Deputy/CEO, China Steel Logistics Professional Committee of CFLP/Xiben New Line

• Huang Haisheng, Duputy General Manager, Shenyin Wanguo Futures Co,.Ltd

• Wang TieShan, Analyst, Nanhua Futures Co.,Ltd

Speakers in Raw Material Session:

• Liu Shuzhou, Deputy Secretary General, China Association of Metal Scrap Utilization (>>)

• Yang Jiasheng, Secretary General,Metallurgical Mines Association of China (>>)

• Niu Wei, Director of Beijing office, Metinvest (>>)

• Lara Smith, Managing Director, Core Consultants (>>)

• Christopher Ellis, Analyst, Metal Bulletin (>>)

• Forrest Lu, Market Manager, GlobalORE (>>)

• Murat Eryilmaz, General Manager, SteelOrbis (>>)

• Li Qiang, Deputy General Manager, Shanghai Jinneng International Trade (>>)

• Huang Ruitang, General Manager, Shanghai Shou Chuang Ferronickel Smelting New Technology

• Cao Wenquan, General Manager of Beijing Office, Yildirim Group (>>)

Speakers believe global economy will be slightly better in 2013 from 2012; Recovery in USA is stronger than other developed economies when emerging economies are facing inflation risks and needs to be cautious on capital flows to developed economies; China will be slow in growth, with 2013 GDP expected to be ~8%, compared to 7.8% in 2012.

Rise in property prices since H2 in the last year mitigate capital problems for real estate developer; Auto market will rise steadily; machinery sales and profitability will improve; home appliance markets will see better profitability even though sales in home market may be falling; Shipbuilding and contains will continue to be weak.

A major problem for Chinese steel industry is too quick growth in steel output. Most steel output increase in Q1 has became inventories instead of being consumed and steel-making business in 80 major steel mills have been at deficits for 6th consecutive quarters;

Opening Up

Welcome Address, Wang Tao,General Manager, China Railway Material Group

Welcome Address, Liu Zhiqiang, Assistant to General Manager,Dalian Commodity Exchange

Chinese Steel Industry Amid Overcapacity, Wu Wenzhang, President, SteelHome

Steel Conference

Raw Material Conference

China Commodity Website Anniversary