Since January 2 this year, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province added 1 new confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia, to January 10, Hebei Province Shijiazhuang City, Xingtai City and other regions have a total of 267 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia. Hebei Province once again clicked " Pause button". Among them, after a press conference on epidemic prevention and control was held in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province on January 5, all communities, villages and towns in the city have successively organized full closures, and all villages and residential communities in some key areas of Shijiazhuang City and Xingtai City have implemented closed management , Except for special needs, they can only enter but not exit.

As my country's largest steel-producing province, Hebei Province's pig iron output in 2019 reached 180 million tons, accounting for 22% of the national pig iron output; steel output reached 280 million tons, accounting for 23.6% of the national steel output. It can be said that the changes in the steel market in Hebei have a pivotal effect on the operation of the national steel market.

Although the current situation of the epidemic situation in Hebei is severe, the actual impact is different due to different situations such as the flow of people and materials involved in different links such as production and transportation. From the perspective of the steel industry, the frequency of personnel movement in the production process of steel enterprises is relatively low, and the company's epidemic prevention measures are relatively strict, while the personnel flow during transportation is relatively frequent, and the scope of personnel contact is relatively wide, making it difficult to implement epidemic prevention measures. From the perspective of Xingtai Delong Steel, which is in a relatively severe area of the epidemic, the transportation of its steel products has been affected to some extent, but the production is basically stable and smooth. Therefore, some people in the industry believe that the impact of the epidemic on the steel market in Hebei is more reflected in the transportation side, and the impact on the production side is relatively small.