Stainless steel cold rolling follow-up project consists of two units - stainless steel and carbon steel. The stainless steel unit focuses upon developing the brand of "Baosteel Stainless", adheres to orientation of user demand, enhances competitiveness of products while at the same time actively popularizes environment-friendly products,conveys to users the concept of energy conservation and sustainable development, guides users to use such means as technical support and enables users to get adapted to and be familiar with green products more quickly, thus realizing cyclic development of society. The new products of this unit mainly include: high-end group represented by antibacterial series products, recyclable steel for architecture and steel for solar energy.

The unit of carbon steel is mainly engaged in the production of common cold rolled as well as hot galvanizing products such as auto sheets and steel sheets for home electrical appliances which are in urgent need in China. The unit of carbon steel adopts an open and integrated innovation method which is mainly completed by Baosteel.Various links of unit construction from preliminary design, equipment manufacture to commissioning throughout the line and hot & cold operation across various disciplines from technology, machinery to electricity, instrument and computer are all completed by Baosteel independently, realizing breakthroughs from unit capacity expansion to variety and quality.

Based on the accumulated experiences for many years in auto sheet manufacture of Baosteel,the cold rolling product structure adjustment project of Baosteel-NSC Automotive Steel Sheets Co.,Ltd. has established a production line of alloying hot galvanizing hot rolling auto sheet that ranks the most advanced level in China and the international leading level, further optimizing cold rolling product structure of Baosteel and remarkably promoting production capacity of auto sheet which features high surface quality, high mechanical property,high dimensional precision and high added value.The alloying hot galvanizing hot rolling auto sheet manufactured by this production line is characterized by excellent corrosion-resistance, formability,weldability and paintability and it possesses high strength steel production capacity, fully achieving "replacing imported products with self-production" and can satisfy the material localization and weight-reduction & energy-saving requirements of materials for Chinese automobile manufacture.

Based on its abundant experience in special steel production for many years, Baosteel established a complete production line of special metal and alloy steel plate & strip from smelting to rolling which is the only one in China and features international top-class level. Special Metal and Alloy Steel Plate & Strip Project targets at such products as titanium alloy, nickel base alloy, stainless and special stainless steel plate coil that are in short supply. Products are oriented in super alloy such as titanium & titanium alloy, nickel base heat resistant alloy, nickel base corrosion resistant alloy,and precision alloy, as well as plate & strip products such as special stainless steel, tool-die steel,alloy constructional steel, abrasion resistant, heat resistant as well as low magnetic products, capable of manufacturing special steel materials that meet the requirements of key areas including national defense and energy and feature advanced cold working extensibility.

Bayi Iron & Steel New Bar Production Line Project consists of one bar production line with an annual output of 600 thousand tons and one high speed wire rod production line with an annual output of 600 thousand tons, with a total investment of RMB 560 million. For the new high speed wire rod production line project, the construction was started on May 20th, 2008 and linkage trial run implemented on July 14th, 2009, with the total construction period being 13 months; for the new bar production line project, the construction was started on May 28th, 2009 and the linkage trial run implemented on March 22nd, 2010, with the total construction period being 10 months. The project is contracted by Beijing MCC Equipment Research & Design Corporation Ltd.

Ever since the approval by National Development and Reform Commission of preliminary work of Zhanjiang Steel Base Project in March 2008, the construction headquarters of Baosteel-Zhanjiang Project has been continuously carrying forward various preparation work of preliminary phase of project. By the end of 2010, feasibility study of this project had come to an end; land acquisition and relocation work within the red line of the main plant area on site had been completely finished; projects like ground leveling, temporary water for construction, electricity, road engineering,drainage channel and so on had been basically completed or simultaneously under construction.Currently, all preliminary work has been advancing as planned.

Adhering to the strategy of technology leadership and carrying out continuous innovation of high-end products and R&D of core technology. Auto sheet R&D has made breakthrough again and the success of the third generation advanced high-tensile steel (Q&P) enabled Baosteel to become the first enterprise to have trial production around the world and the construction of "The State Key Laboratory of Automobile Steel Development & Application Technology" by Baosteel has been approved by the State; It supplies steadily Three Gorges Dam Project with high magnetic induction silicon steel for large scale transformer in bulk. Thin strip continuous casting unit realizes whole furnace casting and coiling. The construction of Ningbo steel industrialized production line with an output of 500 thousand tons has been started.

Diverse industries improve constantly innovation capacity and attach high importance to fosteringsignificant proprietary technologies. Coal series needle coke industrialized production line has achieved technology connectivity and produced qualified needle coke products; the first autonomously integrated large scale continuous annealing unit and ladle refining furnace of 300 tons (Hyundai Corporation) have been put into operation smoothly; 100 thousand pieces of hydro formed components and parts have been supplied stably and the development of hot stamping die has achieved breakthrough. Corporation has taken the lead in mastering hot stamping die technology of front & rear bumpers as well as components like automotive door impact beam in China.

Targeting at the market demand of Bayi Iron & Steel and in combination with its production line capacity, Baosteel Co., Ltd.,with product transplanting & development as the principal line,consolidated process control, improved quality management and transplanted & developed a total of 25 marks of products in 2010,forming capacity of producing key products in batches. Concentrating on starting instructions of the new project of Ningbo Steel and assisting Ningbo Steel in realizing successful operation of 1# coke oven, slag treatment project and slab spray marking machine.In accordance with the technology supporting requirements of Shaoguan Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., Baosteel planned systematically and organized the implementation of exchange and investigation of various aspects including production, manufacture,equipment, procurement, energy, project management and so on.

In line with demands of steel enterprises both at home and abroad, Baosteel Co., Ltd. output a series of energy-conservation & environment-protection as well as quality control technologies related to sintering desulphurization, comprehensive use of used refractor y materials, control model of slab continuous casting,opening or hole inspection and so on, realizing new trade growth points. By virtue of the engineering platform of Baosteel Group,Baosteel output related technology services matching complete sets of units such as slag treatment, RH refining, spray marking' machine, full hydrogen bell type annealing furnace.

Baosteel established the middle phase boosting scheme of strategic cooperation among enterprises, universities and research institutions centering upon the main line of "project promotion,problem coordination and plan arrangement", gave full scope to synergy and integration of scientific research and production in terms of function and resources, reinforced and propelled guide.projects of cooperation among enterprises, universities and research institutions. The international science and technology cooperation management mechanism of "demand driven, project linkage and unified management" has been further intensified and the international science and technology project cooperation with three blocks overseas have been boosted.

Baosteel Group Corporation participated in dozens of important academic exchanges both at home and abroad and held many conferences such as Baosteel BAC 2010, China Stainless Steel Annual Conference, and National Titanium & Titanium Alloy Academic Conference.

Baosteel Co., Ltd. stood out from numerous large and reputed enterprises to become the project partner of UNEP. Baosteel Co.,Ltd. cooperated with UNEP in research and practice of green procurement,and formed "Maturity Degree Model and Self-Assessment Framework for Sustainable Development of SMEs" with product lifecycle management process of supplier as a characteristic element,enhancing systematic management level of Baosteel supply chain and at the same time facilitating fast and highly efficient transition of SMEs to sustainable development.

In 2010, Baosteel Co., Ltd. actively got engaged in the testing of GHG Protocol which was developed jointly by World Resource Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and provided such discharge methodology as involved in the entire lifecycle of one single product and in the entire value chain of an enterprise, and proposed related suggestions. This work signifies that Chinese enterprises no longer accept passively carbon criteria of foreign countries but instead get involved in the formulation of criteria.