今年，冶金部门将把重点放在工业调整与产品质量的提高上，依靠过去两年维持稳定的最高钢铁产量。冶金部部长刘淇在全国冶金工作会议上说。中国去年生产了1．06亿吨钢和1．138亿吨生铁，分别比1996年增加了6．3％与6．1％。1996年，当中国生产了1．011亿吨钢铁超过日本的时候， This year, the metallurgical sector will focus on industrial restructuring and product quality improvement, relying on the highest steel output that has remained steady over the past two years. Minister of Metallurgy Liu Qi at the national metallurgical work conference said. China produced 106 million tons of steel and 113.8 million tons of pig iron last year, up 6.3% and 6.1% over 1996 respectively. In 1996, when China produced 101.1 million tons of steel over Japan,