Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Of Hunan Valin (hereinafter referred to as Xiangtan Steel) was founded in 1958 and is located in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, the hometown of Mao Zedong, one of the greatest men in China. It is located in the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Economic Circle, a national “two-oriented society” reform pilot zone. This is a central area where several important railway lines crossing through from the north to the south, such as Beijing-Guangzhou railway, Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway, Hunan-Guizhou railway and Hunan-Guangxi railway, and is close to the Xiangjiang River and the Yangtze River. People of Xiangtan Steel uphold the original mission of “develop the hometown of Chairman Mao”. After 60 years of hard work, its total assets have reached 42 billion yuan, and its operating income has exceeded 60 billion yuan. There are 10,402 employees in the company and it has become a state-owned enterprise in Hunan Province with the largest scale. Its overall strength is one of the best in the industry.
    

Focus on the industry to develop good products

Xiangtan Steel is a fine steel production base in the South China. It has an annual production capacity of 12 million tons of steel and has the entire process equipment such as coking, sintering, ironmaking, steelmaking, and rolling. It has advanced main equipment and production technology. Products cover more than 400 varieties of wide and heavy plates, wire rods and bars. 33 products have won national, ministerial and provincial quality product titles, and 12 products have won gold prizes of national metallurgical product quality and are exported to South Korea, the United States, Japan, and other countries in Europe, South America, Southeast Asia, and the___ middle East. It has a place in the international high-end market.

Xiangtan Steel is the largest production base for wide and heavy plates with the largest production capacity in the world. It is ranked first in the industry with an annual output of 5 million tons of fine plate, and its plate manufacturing skill ranks in the top three in the industry. It enjoys a high reputation in shipbuilding, construction machinery, marine engineering, bridge construction, pressure vessels, and power heavy industry. Its products have been successfully used in Shenhua Ningxia Coal Project, the world's largest single-set coal-to-liquid project, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the world’s longest cross-sea bridge, Yamal LNG Project, the largest LNG project in the world, Abu Dhabi International Airport, the world's most luxurious airport and Qatar shopping center, the world's largest shopping center.
    

Pursue excellence and develop the best products

Focusing on the steel industry, Xiangtan Steel adheres to the strategy of “being refined and stronger, and reducing the cost”. It has three marketing service systems: lean production with zero-defect quality management as the core, sales, research and production based on integrated product research and development, and information technology as its focus. It takes the initiative and wins opportunities in the segmented market with excellent products, stable quality, good cost performance, and exceeding expectations. It has established strategic cooperation relationships with a large number of Fortune 500 companies such as Caterpillar, Hyundai Heavy Industry, Daewoo Heavy Industry, Shell, Saudi Aramco, CSSC, CSCEC, CCCC.

Xiangtan Steel insists on diversified development, builds a industrial clusters linked by assets and steel industry chain, establishes a management and control system based on property rights, resources and markets. It has developed eight major industrial sectors such as deep processing of steel products, resource development and processing, circular economy, warehouse logistics boards, finance and trade, maintenance engineering, electromechanical manufacturing, and modern living services, formed a new benefit growth pole with outstanding advantages and broad prospects, and realized the complementary and coordinated development of the multi-industry and steel industry. Its subsidiary company, Guangdong Yangchun New Steel, which has been built over 10 years, has been developed into a modern medium-sized iron and steel conglomerate with total assets of 8 billion yuan, operating revenue of over 10 billion yuan, and an output scale of over 3 million tons. It won the title of “Outstanding Enterprises in Guangdong Province” for many times and ranks among the top 100 manufacturers in Guangdong Province.

Xiangtan Steel practices the work philosophy of “Party and Government cooperate in one field and struggle to create best performance " and has given full play to the leading advantages of party building. A number of jobs have been recognized and honored by the governments at the national, provincial and municipal levels. It has won the "National May 1 Labor Medal", "Advanced National Primary Party Organization", "Advanced Unit in National Spiritual Civilization Construction Work", "National Advanced Unit for Greening", "National Advanced Unit for Emission Reduction", "Hunan Governor's Quality Award", etc. The leading group was awarded the advanced state-owned enterprise for developing the "Four Good" team by the CPC Central Organization Department and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

Always keep in mind the original goal and keep working hard

Looking ahead to future, Xiangtan Steel will always hold high the banner of socialism with Chinese___ characteristics in President Xi Jinping’s new era, adhere to the original goal of  “develop the hometown of Chairman Mao” and take the mission of “help staff be rich, contribute to the society, build a powerful country”, sticks to the working style of “do as promised”, vigorously promote the enterprise spirit of "good at learning, continuous innovation, striving for excellence", implement the core value of "fighter-oriented", take the road of high quality development. It is committed to creating a smart, efficient, green and low-carbon model steel company with good product quality, refined management and industrial complementation. It strives to achieve the corporate vision of “building a world-class comprehensive steel service provider” and help Valin Group to enter the top 500 in the world.