China's steel output reached 1,032.79 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3%, the first negative growth in seven years.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics,

In December 2021,
the average daily output of crude steel in China was 2.78 million tons, an increase of 20.3% from the previous month; the average daily output of pig iron was 232.6 tons, an increase of 13.0% from the previous month; the average daily output of steel was 3.663 million tons, an increase of 8.8% from the previous month.
China's crude steel output was 86.19 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%; pig iron output was 72.1 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.4%; steel production was 113.55 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.2%.
Form January to December,
China's crude steel output reached 1,032.79 million tons, and the output control work has achieved practical results, a year-on-year decrease of 3%, the first negative growth in seven years; pig iron output was 868.57 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.3%; steel output was 1,336.67 million tons, an increase of 0.6% year-on-year.