It is reported that National Development and Reform Committee signed responsibility letters with 18 provinces including Heilongjiang province. According to the requirements that Heilongjiang province must eliminate 150,000 tonnes of iron, 580,000 tonnes of steel in these three years.

Four backward production steel enterprises in Heilongjiang were required to shut down, Qiqihar Jiangyuan iron and steel company, Heilongjiang Liucheng Iron and Steel company, Daqing Gelei iron and steel company, Qitaihe mine Bureau iron making plant are asked to shut down or eliminate some of blast furnace or energy converter which cause serious pollution or large energy consumption.

According to Provincial Economic Commission that these four enterprises have stopped production already. In accordance with the arrangements of Provincial Economic Commission, Heilongjiang province will increase to shut down the backward cement industry in 2008.By the end of 2010, Heilongjiang province plans to eliminate backward cement production capacity 3.15 million tonnes, involving 38 cement enterprises.