HKDSE Geography/M3/China's Iron and Steel Industry 1950s-70s

Characteristics

 * It was still a raw material- and power-oriented industry.
 * With the Communist liberation, the new central government adopted a planned economy and the role of government policy was great.

Distribution

 * Moved to the inland areas
 * In two stages:
 * In the North, it moved to Baotou and Taiyuan, then to Urumqi.
 * In the South, it moved to Wuhan and Xi'an and later to Kunming, Panzhihua and Chongqing.

New Problems
Yet new problems arose：