In the 14th Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum Shenyin Wanguo futures special "futures to promote the real economic transformation of the new exploration, new practice" seminar, Shenyin Wanguo Futures Research Institute senior analyst Yu Yang said that in 2017, the steel industry supply Side reform will enter the "deep water".

Looking back 2016, the steel industry to remove the production capacity is mainly inefficient production capacity, accounting for up to 70% or more. Which accounted for nearly 90% of private enterprises, to become the main goal of production capacity. 2017, the steel industry supply side of the reform will enter the "deep water", effective to the amount of production capacity to be removed will be further expanded.

Yu Yang believes that all over the country with backward production capacity of small and medium-sized private steel mills in the environmental indicators and central policy under the dual pressures, facing increasing pressure. The merger and reorganization between large steel companies and large steel groups is expected to continue.