Panzhihua Iron and Steel (Group) Company Limited
攀枝花鋼鐵（集團）有限公司
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustrySteel manufacturing
Founded1965
Headquarters
Panzhihua, Sichuan
,
People's Republic of China
Area served
People's Republic of China
Key people
Party secretary: Mr. Fan Zhengwei
General manager: Mr. Yu zisu
ProductsSteel, Vanadium, Titanium
SubsidiariesPanzhihua New Steel and Vanadium
Changcheng Special Steel
Chongqing Titanium
WebsitePanzhihua Iron and Steel (Group) Limited

Panzhihua Iron and Steel (Group) Company Limited, or Pangang, is the state-owned enterprise in Panzhihua, Sichuan, China. It is the largest steel maker in Western China.[1] It is also the largest vanadium product manufacturer in China, and the second largest in the world.[2] It has three subsidiaries listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and they are Panzhihua New Steel and Vanadium (SZSE: 000629), Changcheng Special Steel (SZSE: 000569) and Chongqing Titanium (SZSE: 000515).[3] In total, the firm has eight subsidiaries and associates, who are engaged in smelting, processing and distributing iron and steel as well as vanadium products (as of December 31, 2010).[4]

History

Panzhihua Steel was built as part of the Third Front campaign to develop basic industry and national defense industry in China's interior in order to be prepared for the risk of foreign invasion.[5]: 4, 9  Because planners chose locations based on military defense considerations, Panzhihua Steel was built on the side of a mountain, unlike most steel factories which are built on flat land.[5]: 187  To ensure that the facility had the level foundation necessary for steel production, workers built the factory on massive steps carved out of the slope.[5]: 187  Instead of the internal track system common to steel factories, technicians used a cable system to connect different parts of the facility to better adapt to the local terrain.[5]: 187 

Consistent with the Third Front construction's emphasis on secrecy due to national security concerns, the completion of the Panzhihua facility was not promoted at the time.[5]: 187  Today, the city government of Panzhihua promotes it as a model of Chinese technological ingenuity.[5]: 187 

Panzhihua Steel built a hospital in 1970, and over the next eight years developed a gynecology ward, an ear, nose, and throat ward, and a pediatric ward.[5]: 190  Its ratio of medical workers to workers exceeded 61 times the average ratio for rural areas.[5]: 190 

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References

  1. ^ Panzhihua Steel to Merge With Panzhihua New Steel & Vanadium Co., Ltd Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Panzhihua Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd., China's largest vanadium product manufacturer, and the second largest in the world[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Pangang nears full-listing, awaiting government 's approval
  4. ^ "Panzhihua New Steel & Vanadium Co. Ltd. on the Forbes Global 2000 List". Forbes. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Meyskens, Covell F. (2020). Mao's Third Front: The Militarization of Cold War China. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108784788. ISBN 978-1-108-78478-8. OCLC 1145096137. S2CID 218936313.
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