Green Steel defined as the theme of China International Steel Congress

China International Steel Congress, organized biennially by CISA and MC-CCPIT, will be hold at Shanghai Shangri-La Hotels from June 2 to 4, Green Steel is the theme. The Congress will include a Plenary Session on June 2 and several Technical Seminars from June 3 to 4. The Plenary Session will be conducted in the form of panel discussions, covering political and economic environment, restructuring, technological innovations and green application of steel. The panelists invited include the Chairmen (or CEOs) of Arcelor Mittal, Nippon Steel, POSCO, US Steel, ThyssenKrupp, Tata Steel, Severstal, Baosteel, Ansteel, WISCO, Shougang, Tangshan Steel, Taiyuan Steel, Shasteel and Valin Group, etc. The Technical Seminars, held in conjunction with Metal+Metallurgy Expo, will present the state-of-the-art green technologies in iron-making, steel-making, continuous casting, hot rolling, cold rolling and casting. Metal+Metallurgy Expo will take place from June 3 to 6, 2008 at Shanghai New International Expo Center.

The congress is a high-level conference focusing on the profound, overall and strategic issues facing the steel industry. Since its establishment in 2000, the congress has been successfully held for four times and has become one of the most important steel events in the world. The 4th China International Steel Congress held in Beijing in April 2006, brought together over 1,000 delegates from 25 countries and regions.