en.Wedoany.com Reported - The 5th Steel Industry Digital Solutions Exchange Conference and the 2026 Steel Industry Digital Transformation Assessment Kick-off Meeting were held from July 2 to 3, 2026, in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. During the conference, the 2026 Data Elements Empowering New Industrialization Competition (Steel Industry Track) and the 2026 Steel Industry Data Element Application Innovation Competition were officially launched, and the Data Element Working Group of the Steel Industry Intelligent Manufacturing Alliance was established concurrently.

Li Yiren, Standing Committee Member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the China Iron and Steel Association, stated in his address that the steel industry has entered a new phase of reduced growth and optimized stock. The fundamental solution to development challenges lies in innovation, the key driver is digitalization, and the future direction is intelligence. He also pointed out that while the industry's digital transformation has moved from pilot exploration to systematic advancement, there are still few enterprises that have truly restructured their production methods through AI. In the future, the biggest gap between enterprises may lie in their organizational restructuring capabilities.

Jiao Chengyao, Party Secretary and Chairman of Zhongchuang Zhiling (Zhengzhou) Industrial Technology Group Co., Ltd., believes that all industries will be reshaped by AI in the future, and the steel industry will inevitably become a key scenario for intelligent transformation. Wang Wei, General Manager of Henan Steel Group Co., Ltd., introduced Henan Steel's "AI+134" engineering practice. Wang Jianwei, Vice President of the China Electronic Information Industry Federation, fully acknowledged the achievements in the digital transformation of the steel industry. Over 280 industry experts and corporate representatives attended the conference.