The amount exceeded the previous record of 1.08 billion tons in 2017, said the General Administration of Customs.

"China has been the largest market for Vale since 2006 and has become more and more important to Vale in recent years," Xie said.

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Although there is yet to be a clear definition, experts believe that industries of the future share the features of boasting leading-edge technologies and prospects for explosive growth.

Mid-February 2021, the key steel enterprises produced 22.8236 million tons of crude steel, 20.2097 million tons of pig iron, 21.2086 million tons of steel products.

It is reported that China Baowu has acquired 51% of the shares of Taiyuan Iron and steel, and the acquisition has been completed.

Jiang Shangqing pointed out that this year is the first year of the 14th five year plan, the iron and steel industry is also standing at a new historical intersection, and scientific and technological innovation has been raised to an unprecedented height.