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Background: AN SHAN STEEL MILL IS THE LARGEST OF THIS KIND IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA LOCATED IN THE SOUTH EAST OF NORTH-EAST DISTRICT (FORMER MAN CHURIA) WHERE THEY HAVE STEPPED UP MORE PRODUCTION OF STEEL REMARKABLY LAST FOUR YEARS. ORIGINALLY, THIS AN SHAN STEEL MILL WAS ESTABLISHED BY A JAPANESE COMPANY MORE THAN 60 YEARS AGO AND JAPAN INVESTED ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DEVELOP THIS STEEL MILL TO PREPARE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THIS STEEL MILL WAS ONCE RUINED AS NOBODY LOOK AFTER THE FACILITIES. HOWEVER, SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BACK IN 1949. DRASTIC RENOVATION WAS MADE BY REPORTS OF THE OFFICIAL AND THE OFFICIAL AND THE PEOPLE, SINCE THEN, PRODUCTION OF STEEL WAS STEPPED UP LITTLE BY LITTLE EVERY YEAR AND HAS BECOME THE LARGEST STEEL MILL IN CHINA. . THEY HAVE BEEN PRODUCING PIG IRON, STEEL INGOT, IRON PLATE AND SHEET PLATE ETC WHICH THEY SAY THAT HAVE MADE 15 NEW RECORDS SINCE LAST MARCH, 1986. AS ANSHAN IS LOCATED 191 MILES NORTH OF PORT ARTHER, THEY ARE SHIPPING THOSE IRON PLATES, PIG IRON AND INGOTS TO OTHER INDUSTRIAL CITIES SUCH AS PEKING. SHANGHAI, WUHAN, NANGCHANG AND OTHER CITIES BY RAIL. SO THAT FREIGHT TRAIN SERVICE FROM AN SHAN IS PRETTY BUSY EVERY DAY TO TRANSPORT THIS VITAL IMPORTANT STEEL PRODUCTS TO OTHER CITIES. THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 WORKERS IN THIS STEEL MILL THOUGH THE POPULATION OF AN SHAN IS EXPECTED OVER 830,000. the steel was renovated by aid of Soviet Russia Since ??? to 1952, and they created 48 FACTORIES SINCE 1953 though they could ???
PIG IRON 2 MILLION AND EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND TON, STEELINGOT TWO MILLION AND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND TON AND IRON MATERIAL TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND TON. BUT, IN 1960. THEY COULD PRODUCED 18 MILLION AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND TON OF IRON INGOT. ACCORDING TO CHINESE ANNOUNCEMENT IN 1968. JUNE THOUGH THEY DON'T MENTIONED EXACT NUMBER OF TONS OF EACH ITEMS, THEY RENEWED THE RECORD OF 1960 WHICH MEANS IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN 18 MILLION AND HALF TON IN THE YEAR IF 1968 JUDGING FROM PREVIOUS OUTPUT. THEY SAY THEY CAN PRODUCE NON-JOINT PIPE AND HUGE IRON BRIDGE MATERIALS AND OTHER ITEMS MORE THAN 190 KINDS. HIGHLY SKILLED AND TECHNICIANS ARE PAID 34 POUNDS A MONTH WHICH IS VERY GOOD WAGES IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS THE MOST OF LABOURERS AND WORKERS IN OTHER INDUSTRIES ARE PAID BETWEEN SIX POUNDS TO 15 POUNDS A MONTH THOUGH THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES ARE TERRIBLY CHEAP AS ONE CAN LIVE AROUND 10 POUNDS A MONTH AND ALL EDUCATIONAL FEES, CHILDREN'S HOME AND HOSPITAL FEES ARE ALL FREE OF CHARGE AND NOT ONLY MAN AND WIFE AND ALL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO IS OVER 16 MUST WORK. THE GOVERNMENT IS LIKELY TO TO TREAT WORKERS CONSIDERATELY ESPECIALLY STEEL MILL. COAL MINE WORKERS, HEAVY AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES'S WORKERS.