As China’s sustained and rapid development of economic construction and people’s living standard continues to improve, demand for stainless steel products increased year by year, promoted the rapid progress of stainless steel products industry, but also pulling the stainless steel market demand.

Rapid economic growth, consolidate the foundation of stainless steel products industry made the morning, Premier Wen Jiabao’s government work report this year, put forward in 2006 a major economic and social development targets, including gross domestic product growth of 8% or so, and stressed that adhering to the expansion of domestic demand strategic approach, focusing on expanding consumer demand, increased consumption on economic development stimulus. Two sessions to consider the “Economic and Social Development 10th Five-Year Plan” also made building a moderately prosperous society in general requirements, GDP average annual growth of 7.5%, per capita gross domestic product, double that of 2000; the urbanization rate has increased to 47%, per capita disposable income of urban residents and rural residents per capita income rose 5 percent, respectively, a general increase in quality of life for urban and rural residents.

“Outline” also made great efforts to develop energy-saving environmental protection, new building materials, insulation materials, and green decoration materials; development of agro-processing, preservation, food distribution industry, and so forth. Attainment of these goals will greatly stimulated the demand for stainless steel products, a strong impetus to the development of stainless steel products industry.

Stainless steel is not easy to rusty steel, the stainless steel and corrosion resistance is due to its surface to form a chromium-rich oxide film (passive film). Of course, this stainless steel and corrosion resistance is relative. Tests showed that steel in the atmosphere, water and other weak medium and nitric oxide medium, its corrosion resistance with chromium steel increased with the increase, when the chromium content reaches a certain percentage, the steel corrosion resistance mutation, that is, from easy to difficult rust rust, never corrosion resistance to corrosion. It is precisely because stainless steel has excellent corrosion resistance, formability, compatibility and over a wide temperature range series of strength and toughness characteristics, and its heavy industry, light industry, household items such as industry and decoration industry to obtain a wide range of usage.

According to industry on the domestic stainless steel products market research, global utilization of stainless steel products continued to increase, in 2010, an average annual growth rate will be 5.7%, particularly in our country to absorb a large quantity of stainless steel products. This growth in demand driven by two aspects: First, demand-driven economic growth, real economic growth rate of 1% to spur demand for stainless steel and related products increased by 1% ~ 1.5%; two applications of stainless steel and related products continues to expand, driven demand growth. China’s stainless steel products industry will develop rapidly.

In recent years, China’s urban residents greatly improved housing conditions, home decoration and daily necessities are inseparable from the stainless steel products, such as stainless steel cleaning tank using stainless steel heating sterilization pool, automatic sensor wash hands disinfection tank, stainless steel electric 2 with steam cabinets, stainless steel double-layer console and so on. Insiders pointed out that since the 80s of the last century began, China’s energy use in the kitchen has undergone from coal to gas, electricity evolution of the kitchen as the home eating environment, the core structure has undergone revolutionary changes, the kitchen building by functional type, matching type into the comfort of the arts-based development stage, kitchen equipment, from simple cabinets built into the unit specialized production.

At present, the urban family as a whole has a rate of only 2% of the kitchen, our eastern and southern coastal areas, home ownership rate of cabinet 3%, while the central and western regions is only about 0.5%. According to the authority of the NPD Group, the overall cabinet in 2003, sold 460,000 units throughout the year, while in 2004, rising to 76 million units in the next three years, the potential market as a whole cupboard of products will reach 3.1 million units, an increase of 120.7 %, if we take an average of 2 million dollars each, will have 620 billion market space.

Again, all made of stainless steel, more wardrobe increasingly favored by the market, in health, food processing, pharmaceutical, sophisticated electronics and other industries widely used. Compared with similar products in five advantages: clothes, shoes, valuables may be kept separate; equipped with full-length mirror, dressing, easy to use; cabinet locks used in all locks with a security role; with disinfection, moisture, ventilation and other characteristics; products of all materials used in all stainless steel.

According to industry research, China’s cabinet industry is in the late 90s and gradually grow, and if the momentum from the current real estate development and the national index of consumer focused point of view, no doubt, this is a broad market prospect a sunrise industry. According to China’s economic development characteristics and development of real estate law, domestic cupboard enterprises are mainly concentrated in Beijing, Shanghai, Fujian, Guangdong and the four regions, these large area in the design, service, management, and lead the development of the industry the domestic cabinet .

According to reports, China’s cabinet industry is by a simple, small workshops to produce a gradual development of industrial production, which is a substantial increase in demand caused by the situation in short supply driven. Of the last century the late 80s early 90s, home appliances consumer concern is modernization; the mid-90s, home consumer concern is the living room of the art of living; the late 90′s, home consumer concern is the bedroom art of living; the early 21st century, home consumption is concerned that the whole art of living at home. The kitchen as a key component of the overall home into the consumer’s attention. If the Chinese furniture industry, household appliances has been maturing, then the cabinet industry has just entered China’s growth, opportunities have come.

China’s demand for stainless steel products sustained release, and promoted the rapid development of stainless steel products industry. If the Chinese Association of Productivity Promotion Center awarded “China Stainless Steel Kitchenware town,” the title of Xinxing County, Yunfu City, Guangdong in recent years has been the manufacturer of stainless steel kitchenware meal 35, and the supporting manufacturers 30, in which excess of 5 billion yuan annual output value has 3, there are 10 hundred million, more than 95% of products exported, export volume accounts for 45% of Guangdong Province and its products in Europe and the United States market share reached 50 percent, becoming the nation’s largest county-level production and export of stainless steel Kitchenware base. Of local products to advanced composite materials and made of a special process, with good heat resistance and durability, etc., in the European market is known as the “new pot,” a lot of business specified in the purchase of non-”new cooker” not Buy.

According to expert estimates, is now the European average for every 100 people there are at least four people to use new stainless steel cutlery. Stainless Steel Kitchenware In addition to the use of ordinary household consumption, the part of a small knife, spoons, forks and so also some foreign airlines selected for aviation personnel tableware. At present, the county of stainless steel kitchenware manufacturer meal there are 20000 employees in more than annual production of stainless steel kitchenware more than 5000 million units meal (pieces), last year, exports amounted to 160 million U.S. dollars, its products are exported to Southeast Asia, Germany, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, the United States and other countries and regions.

Right now, some cities are seeking to develop stainless steel industry. For example, the province will create a region in the Lixiahe super multi-billion dollar annual turnover of stainless steel products industry cluster. This is the northern Jiangsu Jiangsu Province to speed up development, and speed up the Soviet Union and the rise of an important initiative will enable industrial cluster in North Jiangsu part of the region through this link and take the lead into the Soviet Union in the region, in order to achieve the common development of the region. Lixiahe area is located in Xinghua, East Taiwan, Jiangyan three county-level cities, the existing stainless steel products manufacturing enterprises ll00 more than annual sales of about 20 billion yuan. One known as the “Hometown of China Stainless Steel Products” in Xinghua City, Town, the production of stainless steel products for over 20 years of history, now has nearly 600 stainless steel products business, the country’s total annual output of 1 / 8.

Dainan of the radiation and in the lead, Lixiahe region Dainan gradually formed a core, formed by the seven towns across the Soviet Union and in northern Jiangsu area of stainless steel products business gathering. Institute of Jiangsu Province Development and Reform Commission experts believe that cluster together to build this industry, that is, in Lixiahe region on the basis of the existing stainless steel industry, according to high-quality, high standard, high starting point the requirements of scientific and rational planning, and strive to in the “Eleventh Five-Year” spawned a number of the end of the annual output value 100 million yuan, 1 billion yuan is 7-10000000000 yuan of stainless steel products business, so that the total stainless steel industry clusters to reach 1,000 billion yuan, will result in their playing competitive international regional brand of stainless steel and regional economic development centers.

From this point of view, “Eleventh Five-Year” period, China’s huge potential market for stainless steel products, but also to expand into the broader field. According to industry expert analysis, stainless steel products are high-level metal products, is moving in product diversification and upgrading of high value-added direction. The representation of Taiwan’s well-known manufacturers in China, such as Yu-sheng, Chang Jing, etc., and accumulated rich management capabilities, and continuing commitment of stainless steel processing and surface treatment technology upgrade and integration of to ensure that technical lead, and strengthen competitive advantage.

The future of stainless steel products to the diverse and upgrading of high value-added direction, the quantity of stainless steel, quality, variety, size will be put forward new requirements, in particular the need affordable, cheap stainless steel. Use different and require different types of stainless steel. Stainless steel by corrosive media can be divided into nitric acid-resistant stainless steel, acid-resistant stainless steel, seawater-resistant stainless steel and so on, can be classified according to type of corrosion-resistant stainless steel pitting corrosion, stress corrosion-resistant stainless steel, intergranular corrosion-resistant stainless steel and so on, according to features they can be divided into for the non-magnetic stainless steel, free cutting stainless steel, low temperature stainless steel, high strength stainless steel and so on.

No doubt, as China’s rapid economic development and people’s rising living standards, “Eleventh Five-Year” period, China’s stainless steel industry will usher in the spring sunshine.