Thanks to concrete actions taken by enterprises across the industry, many achievements have been made in cutting carbon, although more efforts are needed to press ahead with the shift, they said.
Li Xinchuang, chief engineer of the Beijing-based China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute, said Chinese steel enterprises have already outperformed many key foreign players in waste gas emissions control.
"The ultra-low carbon emission standards implemented in China are also the strictest in the world," he said.
Huang Dan, vice-president of Jianlong Group, said that China has rolled out a series of measures to accelerate carbon reduction and energy conservation in key industries including the steel sector, which demonstrates the nation's strong sense of responsibility and unfaltering pursuit of the building of an ecological civilization.
"Both academic and business communities have been actively studying new energy-saving and carbon emission reduction technologies, including recycling of waste heat and energy during steelmaking," Huang said.
"New breakthroughs are just around the corner to usher in a new round of improvements in the sector's energy efficiency," she added.