Speech addressed by general president of WISCO
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    Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation (hereafter referred to as WISCO) is the first giant iron and steel complex established after the founding of the People¡¯s Republic of China. WISCO is an important plate/sheet-making base in China. At present, it has the overall annual capacity of 20 million tons of iron and steel. During the long period of construction and development, several generation of the leadership of Central Party Committee have given great concerns and expectations to WISCO. More than 50 years¡¯ hard work has created brilliant WISCO today.

    Since the reformation and opening to the outside world, WISCO has, taking Deng Xiaoping¡¯s theory and ¡°Three representatives¡± as guidance, been deepening enterprise reformation and tentatively set up the modern enterprise system with technical advance and renovation starting at a high point. It has persistently strengthened its management, upgraded quality and profitability of economic growth and stimulated ¡°3-civilization¡± in harmonic development by sticking to ¡°Rely-on¡± policy. Moreover, with science and technology as guidance and following the road of quality-profitability, WISCO has stridden toward the modern enterprise.

    The employees of WISCO are full of spirit. It will, by the end of the first decade of this century, under the guidance of scientific evolution view, insisting on export-oriented development mentality, and realizing the Central, West and South China Development Strategy, build itself into an advanced iron and steel enterprise at first world level, a main automobile and silicon sheets production base, and one of the top 500 enterprises in the world to do its bits for making the country into a powerful iron and steel country from a big one.

    WISCO firmly believes, under the guidance of Central Committee, at the beginning of 21st century which is full of hope and challenges,, a modern iron and steel group corporation at first world level will stand erect at the bank of mighty Changjiang River, and tower over the town of yellow crane in white cloud.