Evolution of Spatial Pattern of Chinese Iron and Steel Industry and the Influencing Factors
中国钢铁工业空间格局的演化及影响机制

Since 1996,China has ranked the first place in producing crude steel.As iron and steel industry in China has been rapidly developing,its spatial pattern has evolved a lot.In the early 1980s,when China launched the Reform and Opening-up policy,the majority of iron and steel industry concentrated in few provinces such as Liaoning,Shanghai and Hubei,displaying an unbalanced spatial pattern.During the years of 1985-2002,Chinese iron and steel industry spread to North China and East China,because industrializati...