Upgrading traditional industries is also about developing new quality productivity

Wu Kai

The thickness of electrical steel, only 0.1 millimeters; high-speed wheels for CR450 high-speed trains; and the blades on China’s first domestically produced F-class 50-megawatt heavy-duty gas turbine… The steel industry is revitalizing through transformation and upgrading.

This vitality stems from innovations in production methods. From monitoring the furnace flame to determine the timing of feeding, to real-time analysis of flue gas and precise control of reaction conditions using large models, more and more steel companies are riding the wave of intelligent transformation, expanding new space for high-quality development.

This vitality also comes from a determination to adapt and change. The old path of relying on scale expansion to dilute costs is no longer viable. Where should the industry go in the future? The steel industry is actively adapting to new trends in industrial upgrading, focusing on new fields such as electrical steel for humanoid robots, and pushing product value higher.

New quality of productivity is not only growing in emerging sectors but also can be found between a thousand-degree furnace fire and ten-thousand-ton steel billets. Upgrading traditional industries is also a way to develop new quality of productivity. Supported by smarter production processes and superior product performance, the steel industry is sure to write even more brilliant chapters in the new round of industrial transformation.

People’s Daily ( April 3, 2026, Page 12 )