1. Introduction of steel pipes

Steel pipes are important steel products and are widely used in petroleum, chemical industry, power plants (nuclear power), ships, machinery manufacturing, automobiles, coal, construction and national defense. They play an important role in the construction of the national economy and are major equipment manufacturing and national key projects. One of the key steel materials required for engineering construction, it is also an important foundation for the development of other industries in China. Steel pipes are mainly divided into welded steel pipes and seamless steel pipes. Welded steel pipes are made of steel plates or strips that are crimped and welded, while seamless steel pipes are made of steel ingots or solid pipes that are perforated. Although the strength of welded steel pipes is lower than that of seamless steel pipes, it is lower in cost and more efficient in production than seamless steel pipes. It has replaced seamless steel pipes in more and more fields.

2. Policy environment analysis

In order to promote the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, the country has successively issued a series of policy documents such as the "Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structural Adjustment (2019 Edition)", "New Materials Industry Development Guide", and "Made in China 2025", which have a great impact on the stainless steel pipe industry. development has a significant stimulating effect. The country has now entered a new stage of development. It is the general trend to list dual carbon as a strategic goal and realize green transformation of the national economy. Enterprises in the industry have taken measures around "green and low carbon" to form green production methods and development methods. Adapt to the requirements of sustainable economic and social development and market competition.

3. Economic environment analysis

The demand for steel pipes is closely related to urbanization. The early stage of the construction of new cities and towns is related to engineering machinery and steel structures. With the construction of cities, the demand for pipelines such as water supply, drainage, and gas supply gradually emerges. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, my country's urbanization rate will be 64.72% in 2021, which is still far from the urbanization rate of more than 80% in Japan and South Korea. We expect that as the urbanization rate increases, my country's steel pipe demand will continue to grow. According to predictions, my country's galvanized steel pipe market size will show an overall upward trend from 2021 to 2026, and the galvanized steel pipe market size will reach 4.58 billion yuan in 2026.

4. Social environment analysis

China's steel industry can be divided into three stages from 2014 to 2020. It showed an upward trend from 2014 to 2015. During this period, reform and opening up further deepened, the national economy grew rapidly, and the steel pipe industry entered a stage of rapid development; from 2016 to 2018, output gradually declined. During this period, efforts were made to deepen the supply-side structural reform, focusing on the five major tasks of cutting overcapacity, destocking, deleveraging, reducing costs, and making up for shortcomings. Under the influence of this policy, steel pipe production began to fall below 80 million tons in 2016; from 2018 to 2020, under the influence of the Sino-US trade war and the new coronavirus epidemic, my country proposed a new development of "domestic and international dual circulation" pattern and further expand domestic demand. With the support of proactive fiscal policies, economic recovery has intensified, and steel pipe production has increased sharply, rising to a high of 89.5427 million tons in 2020.

5. Technology Patent Analysis

Our country's stainless steel pipe market still has a lot of room for the development of high value-added products and improvement of product quality. my country's major stainless steel pipe manufacturers should vigorously develop high-grade, high-quality stainless steel pipes and special alloy material pipes and produce them in batches, so that Products are developing towards diversification, greenness, intelligence and lightweight, better adjusting product structure and improving product quality. While fully demonstrating product differentiation and personalization, enterprises are gradually transforming from manufacturers to service providers. , achieve innovative development. Since 2013, the number of steel pipe patent applications in my country has shown an overall upward trend. In 2021, the number of steel pipe patent applications in China was 30,731, with a year-on-year change rate of -14.35%. As of now, the number of photovoltaic applications in China in 2022 is 16,234.