Steel included in China's ambitious plan to overhaul standards system

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced an ambitious plan to drive high-quality development in key basic materials industries including steel by enhancing standardization, Mysteel Global learned from the ministry's December 17 release.

MIIT and related government departments on Tuesday jointly released their "Action Plan for Standard Upgrades to Drive Optimization and Upgrading of the Basic materials Industry (2025-2027)," under which they intend to complete the evaluation and optimization of standards in industries including petrochemicals, chemicals, steel, nonferrous metals, building materials, rare