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Shougang Group

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This article is about the holding company of the group. For the listed subsidiary, see Beijing Shougang Co., Ltd.
Shougang Group Co., Ltd.
首钢集团有限公司
FormerlyShougang Corporation
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustrySteel manufacturing, investment
Founded1919
FounderLongyan Iron Mine Limited
Headquarters
Beijing
,
China
Area served
China
Key people
Zhu Jimin (Chairman and Party Committee Secretary)
OwnerGovernment of Beijing [zh] (79.40%)
ParentState-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Government of Beijing
SubsidiariesBeijing Shougang Co., Ltd., Shougang Tonghua (Jilin)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese首钢集团有限公司
Transcriptions
former name
Simplified Chinese首钢总公司
Traditional Chinese首鋼總公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShǒugāng zǒng gōngsī
Websitewww.shougang.com.cn

Shougang Group Co., Ltd., formerly Shougang Corporation is a Chinese state-owned steel company. Based in Beijing, its Shijingshan district operations were moved out of the city prior to it hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics due to concerns over pollution.[1][2]

Its subsidiary and listed company, Beijing Shougang Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 000959), was established in 1999 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2005. It also has 3 other subsidiaries listed on the Stock Exchange of China Hong Kong, Shougang Concord International (SEHK: 697), Shougang Concord Century (SEHK: 103), and Shougang Concord Grand (SEHK: 730).[3]

The word "Shougang" (Chinese: 首钢) is an abbreviation of its Chinese name (Chinese: 首都钢铁公司; pinyin: Shǒudū gāngtiě gōngsī; lit. 'Capital Steel and Iron Corporation'), meaning "Capital Steel".[4]: 49  Some publications also use Capital Iron and Steel Corporation as the translation of the name.[5]

History

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A group of workers inside a steel manufacturing facility
Shougang in 1967

The predecessor of Shougang, Shijingshan Steel Plant, was founded in 1919 in Shijingshan District,[6] with accelerated growth since the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949. It was renamed Shougang in 1967.[7] Shougang focuses its business mainly on steel industry, the corporation also runs on mining, machinery and equipment development, electronics, building, real estate, and related services, in addition, they also developed business with overseas companies in order to form Shougang as a leading multi-diverse corporation.

Big Air Shougang in Shougang Park
Shougang International Convention and Exhibition Center, converted from the No. 4 blast furnace, during the China International Fair for Trade in Services in 2024

The steel mill was one of the largest sources of pollution in Beijing, and discussions to relocate it began in 2004 and continued off and on thereafter.[4]: 49  The mill was relocated to Caofeidian District in Tangshan over the period 2005 to 2010,[4]: 49  with the old site in Beijing being turned into Shougang Park.[8] The park was planned by Arup Group, and uses sustainable construction and sponge city design concepts.[9]: 51  Big Air Shougang, one of the venues of 2022 Winter Olympics, was built inside the former factory in 2019.[10] The venue has become a simple of China's urban renewal.[11]: 166  Railway station Xinshougang (Shougang Park) opened on December 31, 2021.[12]

Shougang Park also serves as one of the two venues of the China International Fair for Trade in Services, the annual trade fair in Beijing every September.

Foreign operations

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The company has current operations in the pacific coast of Southern Perú and is known as Shougang Hierro Perú. It operates the Marcona Mine in the Marcona District, an open-pit iron mine acquired in 1992. There have been continuing labor troubles.[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ Martin, Greg. "BEIJING'S FORMER INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX SHOUGANG DISTRICT SEES SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGENERATION PUSH". Olympic.org. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ Beijing steel plant to relocate
  3. ^ SHOUGANG GROUP TO RESTRUCTURE HK-LISTED SUBSIDIARIES[dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b c Hu, Richard (2023). Reinventing the Chinese City. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-21101-7.
  5. ^ 黎晨 [Li Chen] (2015). China's Centralized Industrial Order. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. ISBN 9781317910558.
  6. ^ History of the Shougang Group
  7. ^ "百年首钢跨越"火"与"冰"_古都风韵_首都之窗_北京市人民政府门户网站". The People's Government of Beijing Municipality. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  8. ^ "91年北京首钢老厂区停产 张德江：应做新起点". China News Service. 2011-01-13. Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  9. ^ Hu, Richard (2023). Reinventing the Chinese City. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-21101-7.
  10. ^ "北京冬奥会比赛场馆首钢滑雪大跳台建设完成". Xinhua News Agency. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  11. ^ Li, David Daokui (2024). China's World View: Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393292398.
  12. ^ 北京城市轨道交通运营里程跃居全国第一 [Beijing’s urban rail transit operating mileage ranks first in the country]. chinanews.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  13. ^ "Tensions Over Chinese Mining Venture in Peru" article by Simon Romero in The New York Times August 14, 2010, accessed August 14, 2010
  14. ^ Info portal at InfoMine.Com
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