The development status of the steel structure industry

In recent years, China's steel structure industry has experienced a process from slow start to rapid development. In 2016, the state issued a number of policy documents to resolve the problem of steel overcapacity and promote the green and sustainable development of the construction industry. In 2019, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the "Key Points of the Work of the Construction Market Supervision Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in 2019", which required the pilot work of steel structure prefabricated housing; In July 2019, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development successively approved the pilot programs of seven provinces, including Shandong, Zhejiang, Henan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, and Qinghai, to promote the establishment of a mature steel structure prefabricated housing construction system.

Under the influence of favorable policies, market demand and other factors, the new construction area of steel structure prefabricated buildings has increased at a rate of nearly 30%. The national steel structure output has also shown a steady upward trend year by year, from 51 million tons in 2015 to 71.2 million tons in 2018, and the steel structure output has exceeded 89 million tons in 2020, accounting for 8.36% of crude steel.