Building the World's Best, Constructing a Broad and Solid Future. On [specific date], the world's widest rolling mill—the rolling mill at the Zhoukou Base of Henan Iron and Steel Group—successfully rolled out its first wide and thick plate. The king of rolling mills in the world successfully completed the hot load test run, officially entering the trial production stage, marking Henan Iron and Steel Group's entry into the ranks of international steel enterprises with the capability to produce meter-class wide and thick plates, achieving a significant breakthrough in specialty steel transformation and high-end development. It also signifies another successful leap in China's steel extreme manufacturing field and the beginning of a new era for world wide and thick plate rolling mills.

Sun Shougang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, announced the start of the hot test, and Zhang Jianhui, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress and Secretary of the Zhoukou Municipal Party Committee, delivered a speech. Wu Kongjun, Deputy Secretary-General of the Henan Provincial Government, Qu Xiuli, Vice President of the China Iron and Steel Association, Wang Guodong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Professor at Northeastern University, Bo Xuebin, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Henan Iron and Steel Group, Liang Jiansong, Vice Mayor of Zhoukou, Xiao Xuewen, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of MCC Sidi, as well as leaders and guests from provincial departments, financial institutions, construction units, and strategic customer units attended the hot test ceremony. Pan Shuqi, General Manager of Henan Iron and Steel Group, presided over the ceremony.

In [Month], [Year], Henan Province introduced a plan to accelerate the high-quality development of the steel industry. The Zhoukou base of Henan Iron and Steel Group, with its unique advantages in multimodal transport including road, rail, and water, has become a significant force in the province's steel industry, bearing greater responsibilities and boasting a more promising future. Henan Iron and Steel Group has earnestly implemented the decisions and plans of the provincial party committee and government, unwaveringly pursuing a path of specialty steel transformation. It has positioned the Zhoukou base as a new frontier, foothold, and growth point for this transformation, emphasizing the main product positioning of plates and strips. The group focuses on the transformation and upgrading of downstream steel manufacturing and the increasing demand for high-performance, ultra-wide steel plates driven by the booming development of emerging industries. Consequently, it has decided to build the world's widest plate production line at the Zhoukou base, aiming to create a nationally leading, world-class production base for high-quality steel products with strong market competitiveness, thereby shaping new competitive advantages in the main steel products.

The successful hot commissioning of this rolling mill marks the first time that an ultra-large specification wide and heavy plate rolling mill has been designed and manufactured domestically, breaking foreign technological monopolies and achieving a new breakthrough in China's steel industry equipment manufacturing. It represents the world's highest installed level, strongest rolling capacity, widest specifications, most comprehensive product range, and products tailored for high-end manufacturing. The rolling mill boasts a maximum rolling force of tens of thousands of tons, primarily producing steel plates that are difficult to manufacture and characterized by width, thickness, and specialization. The product width will reach the current extreme specifications, with all technical parameters leading the world. It is truly the king of rolling mills, capable of meeting the demands for high-end steel plates used in shipbuilding and marine engineering, ultra-low temperature container steel, ultra-large diameter high-performance pipeline steel, new energy, and construction machinery.

On the date, the project officially commenced construction. Since the start of the project, under the correct leadership of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, with the strong support of relevant provincial departments, the Zhoukou and Shenqiu County Party Committees and Governments, as well as the participating construction units, Henan Iron and Steel Group has united as one, rallied together, overcome difficulties, and dared to be pioneers. In just months, the rolling mill achieved hot commissioning, setting a new record for the fastest construction period for international similar units. The successful hot commissioning of the project is not only a major event for Henan Iron and Steel Group and an important step in the transformation and upgrading of Henan's steel industry, but also a significant milestone for China's steel industry moving towards high-end, intelligent, and green development. It holds great significance for accelerating the transformation of Henan Iron and Steel Group's special steel sector, promoting the high-quality development of Henan's steel industry, leading the industry's development, and contributing to the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse.

With the completion of the supporting projects, the enterprise's equipment strength and technical level will be further enhanced, achieving full coverage production of the widest, thickest, and thinnest series of plate materials. The main position of strip products will become more prominent, the product structure will be further optimized, the advantages of special steel will be more pronounced, and market competitiveness will be vertically enhanced. Bo Xuebin, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Henan Iron and Steel Group, stated that Henan Iron and Steel Group will firmly adhere to the direction of special steel transformation, fully cultivate a flagship force in medium and heavy plates with comprehensive specifications, superior performance, and significant influence, and strive to build a top-tier competitive metallurgical industry group with a scale of over 100 billion yuan, making new and greater contributions to the construction of modernized China in Henan practices and local economic and social development.