OREANDA-NEWS. March 02, 2012. Led by International Iron and Steel Association, the kick-off meeting of China 2020 project, with Baosteel serving as Chairman, has been held in Baosteel recently. More than 40 researchers of the organizations and enterprises coming from International Iron and Steel Association, China Iron and Steel Association, Baosteel, WIisco, Shougang Group, China Metallurgy Planning Institute, Arcelor Mittal, Tata, Posco and Japan Iron and Steel Union etc. attended the kick-off meeting, reported the press-centre of Baosteel.
 
China 2020 project takes the iron and steel as the carrier and makes the research surrounding the six plates such as the background, demand, supply, raw material, sustainable development and 2020 vision etc, the purpose of which is to answer the status of China iron and steel industry in the iron and steel industry and also in the whole world in 2020 and the survival conditions of its own. The achievement of the project will provide the decision-making basis for International Iron and Steel Association and China Iron and Steel enterprise.

8 years ago, International Iron and Steel Association once took the lead to carry out the 2010 project in which the foreign experts played the leading role. This time, China will play the leading role in China 2020 project and Baosteel undertakes the leading research work of the demand, sustainable development and 2020 vision plates. The dean of Baosteel Economic Management Research Institute, Mr. Wu DongYing served as Chairman of the project. The research direction of the six plates, the specific work and the work cycle were determined in the kick-off meeting. The project will be concluded in Aug. 2012.