Recently, Hebei iron and Steel Group and China Merchants Group signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Langfang, intends to seek cooperation in Hebei steel trading center and inland logistics park, steel trade and modern finance, port and shipping logistics, overseas resources and other four areas, marking the Hebei iron and Steel Group to implement the strategy of diversification as an important step forward.

Seek diversified development

According to the plan, "1025" period, Hebei iron and Steel Group will use the north, traffic location and resource advantages, accelerate the implementation of Huanghua Caofeidian port and two port logistics park construction and development of port industry, investment 8600000000 yuan to build in North China's most competitive, modern logistics enterprises operating income over 100000000000 yuan.

"Speed up the transformation and upgrading of the steel industry, both in the 'in new students' efforts, in-depth study of how to control resources, optimize the industrial chain extension work, but also to be in the' out of thin air 'efforts, at home and abroad to seek strategic partners, promote diversified development, expand the living space." Hebei iron and Steel Group Chairman Wang Yifang talked about this.

The two sides will approach to equity integration, project construction, operation of Hebei steel trading center, relying on the Hebei iron and Steel Group in Tangshan, Chengde, Zhangjiakou Handan Xingtai, and the five major regions of Shijiazhuang iron and steel industry layout, planning the construction of five inland steel logistics park construction, expansion outside the province of steel logistics park.

In June 3rd, Hebei iron and Steel Group Propaganda Department official said in an interview with reporters, the China Merchants Group cooperation, complementary business is the basis of cooperation. For example, the "12th Five Year" period, Hebei iron and Steel Group, the logistics industry as an important sector to develop, need to find a rich experience in this field, capacity development partners; and China Merchants Group has its own shipping business, in the current situation of shipping industry downturn, but also from the Hebei iron and Steel Group steel.

The responsible person told the reporter, the cooperation between the two sides of course not so simple, complementary resources of both parties are the motive force in the deeper cooperation. "The current cooperation framework belongs to the stage of cooperation, the specific focus of the next step towards what to go, will continue to negotiate. From the four major areas of cooperation currently announced, involving the transportation and finance the two core business of China Merchants group."

In fact, the development of logistics industry, only in the Hebei iron and Steel Group will have the potential to be tapped. According to publicly available data, the group's annual consumption of 70000000 tons of iron ore, about 30000000 tons of coal; annual cargo capacity of 2 tons, 600000 tons daily, every day to train 10000 skin.

In addition to enter the field of logistics, in the marine engineering steel, Hebei iron and steel is also topped. Hebei iron and steel the Propaganda Department of the responsible person said, told reporters in May 23rd, China's first, is Asia's largest deep-sea oil and gas production platform -- "Liwan 3-1" field center platform successfully installed in the South China sea.

Among them, Hebei iron and steel group independently developed 100 mm thick, weighs more than 20 tons of D36-Z35 steel is used in the key parts of the project, the project achieved a major steel localization, lay a solid foundation for China's offshore oil industry to achieve leapfrog development from shallow water to deep sea areas.