There are many well-known stainless steel manufacturers in China, and the following are some of the key ones:

1. Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. (TISCO)

Founded in 1934, TISCO Group is a holding subsidiary of Baowu Iron and Steel Group and a platform company for the integrated operation of the stainless steel industry. It is also currently China's largest stainless steel production base, boasting over 800 core and proprietary technologies with independent intellectual property rights, mainly focused on stainless steel. The company leads or participates in the formulation of more than 70% of China's standards for stainless steel plate and strip products.

2. Qingshan Holding Group Co., Ltd.

Starting in the 1980s, Qingshan Holding was officially registered and established in June 2003 and is a Fortune Global 500 enterprise. Dedicated to manufacturing high-quality, low-cost, energy-saving, and environmentally friendly stainless steel products, it has built an annual crude stainless steel production capacity of over 10 million tons. Its main production bases are located in Qingtuo (Fujian Province), Yangjiang (Guangdong Province), and Qingtian (Zhejiang Province).

3. Ansteel Union (Guangzhou) Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.

Originally invested and built by Taiwan Yieh United Steel, Ansteel Union was founded in 2001. In 2014, Ansteel Group acquired a controlling stake through capital increase and share expansion. As a professional stainless steel production base integrating steelmaking, hot rolling, and cold rolling processes, it mainly produces stainless steel flat billets, stainless steel plates, and hot-rolled stainless steel black coils.

4. Guangxi Beigang New Materials Co., Ltd.

Formerly known as Beihai Chengde (established in 2009), Beigang New Materials is a subsidiary of Beibu Gulf Port Group. The company has an annual production capacity of 3.4 million tons of nickel-chromium alloy slabs, 3 million tons of hot-rolled coils, 3 million tons of solution-treated coils, and 1.2 million tons of cold-rolled coils. It is a domestic stainless steel enterprise that covers the entire process from laterite nickel ore smelting to the production of cold-rolled nickel-chromium alloy wide plates.

5. Jiuquan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. (JISCO)

Founded in 1958, JISCO is a diversified modern enterprise group in northwest China with an early establishment, large scale, and simultaneous development in ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Its subsidiary, JISCO Hongxing, mainly produces hundreds of varieties of products, including carbon steel series and stainless steel series such as hot-rolled coils, cold-rolled sheets, and medium-thick plates.

6. POSCO (Zhangjiagang) Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. (ZPSS)

Established in 1997, ZPSS is a Sino-foreign joint venture invested and built by South Korea's POSCO and Jiangsu Shagang Group. As a representative enterprise in the high-end stainless steel field, it is specialized in the production and sales of cold-rolled and hot-rolled stainless steel products.

7. Shandong Taishan Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd.

Founded in 1969, Taishan Iron and Steel shifted its focus to stainless steel development in 2007. It is a modern enterprise group centered on stainless steel production (with high-quality plates and strips as its core products), integrating multiple business sectors and promoting collaborative development among industry, academia, and research institutions. Its core product, 400-series hot-rolled stainless steel, accounts for 1/4 of China's market share.

8. Hongwang Holding Group Co., Ltd.

Founded in 2003, Hongwang Group is an enterprise group specializing in the production of cold-rolled stainless steel coils and precision-colored steel products. It ranked 485th in the "2020 China Top 500 Enterprises". Its core products include 200-series, 300-series, and 400-series cold-rolled stainless steel coils, as well as precision-colored steel products in coil and flat sheet forms.

9. Yongjin Technology Group Co., Ltd.

Founded in 2003, Yongjin Technology is an enterprise integrating the R&D, production, sales, and service of cold-rolled stainless steel plates and strips. Its products cover two major fields: precision cold-rolled stainless steel plates/strips and wide-width cold-rolled stainless steel plates/strips. The company has an annual production capacity of 1.5 million tons and has established 4 production bases in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces.