Current Situation,Existing Problems and Development Prospect of Domestic Steel Tube Industry（Part Ⅰ）

Analyzed generally in the paper is the development situation of domestic seamless and welded pipe manufacturing industry,covering production capacity and consumption,etc. Also briefed are the main aspects of major domestic steel tube makers,involving production,technologies,equipment as well as the R & D of such hi-end products as OCTG,high pressure boiler pipes and pipes for nuclear power generation purpose. Relevant development measures are proposed addressing existing main problems of steel tube industry,including short-sighted actions,pell-mell development and repeated projects,and certain problems against 《Policies for Development of Iron & Steel Production》 as established by the State,including unreasonable product mix,poor product quality,high energy consumption,incomplete operation mechanism and poor management of energy and environment.