Over 30 years of reform and opening up,
China's stainless steel industry has undergone tremendous changes. Over the
past 10 years, domestic stainless steelmaking, billet casting, and sheet
rolling have reached world advanced levels. However, compared with developed
countries that widely use stainless steel products, such as Europe, the United
States, and Japan, China is a country that has not yet widely used stainless
steel.
Stainless steel pipes have high corrosion
resistance, formability, compatibility, long service life, low cost,
pollution-free recycling and strong toughness in a wide temperature range.
Aerospace, petrochemical, energy power generation, food processing,
environmental protection, medical treatment, home appliances, kitchens and
sanitation, etc. have been more and more widely used in national economic and
social life fields.
China's housing construction will
accelerate development. At present, the average housing area of urban
residents in the country is 27 square meters, and the complete set rate is 81%.
The demand for housing in the future still has great potential. This potential
is concentrated in three areas: first, urbanization, second, the need for urban
residents to improve housing conditions, and third, investment demand. At
present, stainless steel is mainly used for interior and exterior decoration
and components such as exterior walls, interior cladding, staircase structures,
escalator handrails, corridor railings, hall pillars, etc.
The surface-treated, colored, and coated
stainless steel plate solves the problem of easy fingerprints after touching,
and further expands the application range of stainless steel. In the future,
some areas of China will use more stainless steel and stainless steel
reinforcement in infrastructure such as bridges, highways, and tunnels.