2004年是中国钢铁工业的黄金时期,不论是产量提高还是利润增长,钢铁企业都实现了历史的跨越,得到了丰厚的回报。不过人们也清楚地知道,相伴高增长而来的,将会是越来越激烈的市场竞争。经济全球化使得传统产业的成本趋同,降低成本过去在推动重大技术突破上发挥了重要作用,今后在 In 2004, the golden period of China’s iron and steel industry, the iron and steel enterprises achieved a historical leap forward and achieved huge returns, no matter whether the output was increased or the profit increased. However, it is also clear to everyone that accompanying high growth will be an increasingly fierce market competition. Economic globalization has made the costs of traditional industries converge and cost reduction has played an important role in promoting major technological breakthroughs in the future.