The sustainable development strategy for China's cement industry is part of the social sustainable development strategy. China is one of the main markets for the production and consumption of cement in the world. In 2005, China had a cement output of 1.064 billion ton, up 9.69% than 2004. In 2006, the Chinese cement production still stay within its contraction period and is most likely to grow slower than GDP, but if the investment in fixed asset can keep a steady growth, the demand for cement is still able to reach 1.12~1.14 billion ton. The World Bank forecasts that the growth rate of the global economy in 2006 will be higher than 2005, and the international trade will greatly increase. The International Monetary Fund forecasts that the growth rate in 2006 will be the same as 2005, which still will be 4.3% and the trade growth rate will reduce to 6.5% from 9%. China's GDP growth rate was 9.9% in 2005. Some Chinese experts forecast that the GDP will rise by 8.7-9.2% in 2006. The development of the global and Chinese economy will stimulate the demand for cement, the growth will maintain between 7% and 8%, and the output will be around 1.15 billion ton in 2006.

In 2005, the global cement output was 2.27 billion ton, and it is forecasted that the global cement sale will attain 2.23 billion ton by 2010. The U.S. will continue to play the role of bellwether till 2010. It is forecasted that the cement import will achieve 30 million ton in 2010 and in 5-6 years, the global cement industry will experience a worldwide merger and reorganization, by 2010 there will be 75% of the production capacity involving in the merger tide, oversize multinational groups will be established. It is an opportunity and a challenge at the same time for the Chinese cement and concrete corporative groups.

This report researches on the Chinese cement industry's supply and demand, development, competitive status, import and export, and its prospect etc., especially the production and sale of various cement products. It also provided an analysis on the impacts that China's cement industry will face in the WTO era, and some good suggestions. This report was given on the basis of large quantity of information published by the National Bureau of Statistics, the State Bureau of Building Material, the National Development and Reform Commission, China Cement Association, the National Bulk Cement Office, various newspapers and magazines of Chinese and overseas, some cement research institutes in addition of the investigations about cement relevant enterprises made by Syntech Information Co., Ltd. This report provides access to great data about the status quo and development trend of the cement industry and offers a guide for the cement and cement relevant enterprise to make right strategies.

1 Cement Industry's Definition and Investment Characteristics
1.1 Cement and Cement Industry's Definition
1.1.1 Cement's Definition and Categories
1.1.2 Cement's Technical Characteristics
1.1.3 Cement's Quality Standard
1.2 Analysis on the Basic Features of Cement Industry
1.2.1 Cement Market's Regional Features
1.2.2 Cement Production's Cyclical Character
1.2.3 The Size Effect of the Cement Industry
1.2.4 Cement Industry is a Kind of Labor-intensive, Resource-intensive, and Heavy-energy Consuming Industry
1.3 Cement Slab Investment Strategy 2006
1.3.1 ``Awarding the Good, Limiting the Bad`` Policy
1.3.2 The Growth of Demand will Slow Down
1.3.3 The Profitability Will Increase
1.3.4 Industry Concentration Needs Enhancing

2 The Status Quo of Global Cement Industry
2.1 The Status Quo of Global Cement Market
2.1.1 The History of Cement Industry
2.1.2 Overview of World Cement Industry 2005
2.1.3 World Cement Trade
2.1.4 World Cement Consumption
2.2 The Cement Market of Different Countries
2.2.1 American Cement Market
2.2.2 Japanese Cement Market
2.2.3 The Development of World Cement Industry
2.2.4 The Three Characteristics of World Cement Trade in the Future
2.2.5 Forecast on Global Cement Consumption Potential

3 The Status Quo of China's Cement Industry
3.1 The History, Status Quo and Characteristics of China's Cement Industry
3.1.1 History
3.1.2 Status Quo and Characteristics
3.2 Cement Industry's General Operational Status 2003-2005
3.2.1 Scale
3.2.2 Losses
3.2.3 Profitability
3.2.4 Monthly Indicator
3.3 Comparison between Different Scale Enterprises
3.3.1 Numbers and Loss Status of Different Scale Enterprises 2005
3.3.2 Comparison between the Income and Profit of Different Scale Enterprises 2005
3.4 Comparison between Different Character Enterprises
3.4.1 Comparison between the Numbers and Loss Status of Different Scale Enterprises 2005
3.4.2 Comparison between the Income and Profit of Different Character Enterprises 2005
3.5 Regional Concentration
3.5.1 Regional Sale and Concentration 2005
3.5.1.1 Regional Sale Proportion 2005
3.5.1.2 Sales Income's Regional Concentration
3.5.2 Regional Profitability and Concentration 2005
3.5.2.1 Regional Profit Proportions 2005
3.5.2.2 Profit Regional Concentration
3.6 Problems in China's Cement Industry
3.6.1 The Structure Needs Optimizing
3.6.2 Imbalanced Development
3.6.3 Resource Waste
3.6.4 External Environment Restriction

4 Principal Cement Productions
4.1 Pre-calcining Kilns (Dry Process Kilns)
4.1.1 Chinese Pre-calcining Kilns
4.1.2 Foreign Pre-calcining Kilns
4.2 China's Bulk Cement Market
4.2.1 Development
4.2.2 Advantages
4.2.3 China's Bulk Cement Market 2004-2005
4.2.4 Bulk Cement Development 2006

5 Cement Products
5.1 Development
5.1.1 Overview
5.1.2 Cement Product Market 2005
5.2 Fiber Cement Products
5.2.1 International Fiber Cement Products' Status Quo and Development Trend
5.2.2 Chinese Fiber Cement Products' Development

6 The Supply and Demand of China's Cement Industry
6.1 Supply
6.1.1 The Growth of Cement Production 2003-2005
6.1.2 Regional Distribution of China's Cement Production 2005
6.2 Factors Affecting the Demands for Cement
6.2.1 Rural Development
6.2.2 Fixed Asset Investment Growth Speeds Up
6.2.3 Infrastructure Construction
6.2.4 Western Development –Supporting the Long-term Growth of Demands for Cement
6.2.5 Urbanization
6.2.6 Investment on Real Estate
6.2.7 Facility Constructions for Beijing Olympic Games
6.2.8 Major Projects—Increasing the Demands for Cement in Some Regions
6.2.9 Afghanistan and Iraq's Instauration—Good Chance for Cement Export
6.3 The 11th Five-year Plan's Effects on Cement Industry
6.3.1 The State Department's Measures on the Cement Industry Structure Adjustment
6.3.2 The Second Beijing—Guangzhou Railway Built during the 11th Five-year Period
6.3.3 Ten Thousand Km Railway Built during the 11th Five-year Period
6.4 The Recent and Prospective Demand for Cement and the Product Structure
6.4.1 Forecast on the Demand of the Cement Industry
6.4.2 Forecast on the Cement Product Structure
6.4.3 The Prospect of the Cement Product Industry in the Following 10 Years

7 Cement Import and Export
7.1 China's Cement Import and Export
7.1.1 General Situation
7.1.2 Countries Importing Cement from China
7.2 Major Factors Affecting China's Cement Export and Relative Strategies
7.2.1 Major Factors
7.2.2 Cement Export Policies
7.2.3 Strategy for Chinese Cement Ascending International Market
7.3 China Cement Export Relative Factors
7.3.1 China Cement Import & Export and Tariff
7.3.2 Cement Import & Export under WTO

8 Cement Production Regions 2004-2005
8.1 Shandong Cement Production
8.1.1 Development
8.1.2 Production Status 2003-2005
8.1.3 Operational Status 2003-2005
8.1.3.1 Scale
8.1.3.2 Profitability
8.1.3.3 Losses
8.1.4 Competitiveness
8.1.5 Competitive Strategies
8.2 Zhejiang Cement Production
8.2.1 Development
8.2.2 Production Status 2003-2005
8.2.3 Operational Status 2003-2005
8.2.3.1 Scale
8.2.3.2 Profitability
8.2.3.3 Losses
8.2.4 Competitiveness
8.2.5 Competitive Strategies
8.3 Jiangsu Cement Production
8.3.1 Development
8.3.2 Production Status 2003-2005
8.3.3 Operational Status 2003-2005
8.3.3.1 Scale
8.3.3.2 Profitability
8.3.3.3 Losses
8.3.4 Competitiveness
8.3.5 Competitive Strategies
8.4 Guangdong Cement Production
8.4.1 Development
8.4.2 Production Status 2003-2005
8.4.3 Operational Status 2003-2005
8.4.3.1 Scale
8.4.3.2 Profitability
8.4.3.3 Losses
8.4.4 Competitiveness
8.4.5 Competitive Strategies
8.5 Hebei Cement Production
8.5.1 Development
8.5.2 Production Status 2003-2005
8.5.3 Operational Status 2003-2005
8.5.3.1 Scale
8.5.3.2 Profitability
8.5.3.3 Losses
8.5.4 Competitiveness
8.5.5 Competitive Strategies
8.6 Anhui Cement Production
8.6.1 Development
8.6.2 Production Status 2003-2005
8.6.3 Operational Status 2003-2005
8.6.3.1 Scale
8.6.3.2 Profitability
8.6.3.3 Losses
8.6.4 Competitiveness
8.6.5 Competitive Strategies

9 Downstream Industries
9.1 Real Estate Market Status Quo
9.1.1 Real Estate Development 2004—2005
9.1.2 Real Estate Sale 2004-2005
9.1.3 Real Estate Investment 2004-2005
9.1.4 Real Estate Price 2004-2005
9.1.5 Vacant Houses for Sale in 2005
9.1.6 Real Estate Development Forecast in 2006
9.1.7 Real Estate Development in Some Big Cities in 2005
9.2 Energy-saving Constructions
9.2.1 Energy-saving Constructions in Japan
9.2.2 The Gap between Chinese and Japanese Energy-saving Constructions

10 World Famous Cement Enterprises
10.1 World Top 10 Cement Enterprises
10.1.1 France Lafarge Co.
10.1.2 Switzerland Holcim Co.
10.1.3 Mexico Cemex Co.
10.1.4 Germany Heidelberg Cement Group Co.
10.1.5 Italy Italcementi Group Co.
10.1.6 Japan Taiheiyo Co.
10.1.7 Germany Dyckerhoff Co.
10.1.8 UK RMC Group Co.
10.1.9 Portugal Cimpor Co.
10.1.10 Italy BuzziUncem Co.
10.2 Multinational Cement Groups in China
10.2.1 Japan Taiheiyo Cement Co.
10.2.2 Chia Hsin Cement Corporation
10.2.3 Taiwan Asia Cement Co.
10.2.4 Taiwan Cement Corporation
10.2.5 Hong Kong Shui On Construction & Materials Ltd.
10.2.6 France Lafarge's Investment in China
10.2.7 Switzerland Holderbank

11 Famous Chinese Cement Enterprises
11.1 ANHUI CONCH CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
11.1.1 Profile
11.1.2 Operation
11.1.3 Operational Strategies and Advantages
11.1.4 Operational Status 2003-2005
11.2 Hebei Jidong Cement Group Co., Ltd.
11.2.1 Profile
11.2.2 Development Opportunity
11.2.3 Business Scope
11.2.4 Operational Status 2003-2005
11.2.5 Subsidiary Companies
11.2.6 Net Profit Growth Forecast in 2006
11.3 Beijing Jinyu Group Co., Ltd.
11.3.1 Profile
11.3.2 Product Structure
11.3.3 Operational Status 2003-2005
11.3.4 Development Forecast
11.4 Xinjiang Tianshan Cement Co., Ltd.
11.4.1 Profile
11.4.2 Product Structure
11.4.3 Operational Status 2003-2005
11.4.4 Subsidiary Companies
11.4.5 Operation and Merger
11.5 Production Bases of Special Cement in China
11.6 NINGXIA SAIMA INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.
11.6.1 Profile
11.6.2 Operational Status 2003-2005
11.7 HUAXIN CEMENT CO., LTD.
11.7.1 Profile
11.7.2 Operational Scope
11.7.3 Operational Status 2003-2005
11.8 JIANGXI WANNIANQING CEMENT CO., LTD.
11.8.1 Profile
11.8.2 Operational Status 2003-2005
11.9 FUJIAN CEMENT INC.
11.9.1 Profile
11.9.2 Operational Status 2003-2005
11.10 SICHUAN SHUANGMA CEMENT CO.LTD.
11.10.1 Profile
11.10.2 Operational Scope
11.10.3 Operational Status 2003-2005

12 Cement Industry Development Trend
12.1 Cement Industry SWOT Analysis
12.1.1 Development Strengths
12.1.2 Development Weaknesses
12.1.3 Development Opportunities
12.1.4 Development Threats
12.2 Cement Mass Production
12.2.1 The Effects of Cement Mass Production
12.2.2 Methods for Realizing Mass Production
12.3 High Quality Cement
12.4 Pre-calcining Kilns Development
12.4.1 Development Overview
12.4.2 Prospect of Pre-calcining Kilns
12.5 Bulk Cement
12.5.1 Development Overview
12.5.2 Forecast on Bulk Cement Development in 2006
12.6 Cement Environmental Protection Equipments in China
12.6.1 Market Overview
12.6.2 Electric Dust-collector Industry
12.6.3 Bag Precipitator Industry
12.6.4 Development of Cement Environmental Protection Equipments under WTO
12.6.5 Development Trend of Cement Environmental Protection Equipments
12.7 Forecast on the Development of Cement Environmental Protection Equipments in 2006
12.7.1 Demands
12.7.2 External Condition for Development
12.7.3 Structure Optimization
12.7.4 Energy Saving, Environmental Protection and Circulatory Economy

13 Cement Techniques
13.1 Pre-calcining Kilns Optimization
13.2 Mechanical Vertical Kilns
13.2.1 Status Quo and Development
13.2.2 Targets
13.2.3 Strategies
13.2.4 The Development of Medium and Small Mechanical Vertical Kilns During the 11th Five-year
13.3 R&D of the Special Cement
13.3.1 Portland Cement
13.3.2 Oil Well Cement
13.3.3 Rapid Hardening Portland Cement
13.3.4 High Alumina Cement
13.4 Ecological Cement
13.4.1 New Pre-calcining Kilns Technique
13.4.2 R&D of New Ecological Cement
13.4.3 Technology Development
13.5 Cement Technique Development Plan under the 11th Five-year Plan

14 Strategies for Cement Enterprises' Development
14.1 Strategies and Suggestions for the Development of China's Cement Industry
14.1.1 Affects of Macro-control
14.1.2 Strategic Positioning
14.1.3 Strategies and Suggestions for the Sustainable Development of Cement Industry
14.2 The Informationization of Cement Industry
14.2.1 Status Quo
14.2.2 The Informationization of International Cement Industry
14.2.3 The Incomplete Informationization of China's Cement Industry
14.2.4 Plans on Informationization
14.2.5 Informationization Steps
14.3 Price Strategies
14.3.1 The Pricing of Cement Products
14.3.2 Standard Pricing Methods
14.3.3 Price Regulation
14.3.4 Price Adjustment Global Cement Production in Past Years
Global Cement Consumption and Trade 1989-2005
Global Cement Trade Volume 1989-2005
Table: Global Cement Consumption
Table: Global Cement Production, Consumption and Consumption Growth 1989-2005
Major Cement Consumption Countries
Forecast on America's Demands for Cement
Demands and Supplies of Cement of Japan
Cement Output of China 2003-2005
Cement Output of Beijing 2003-2005
Cement Output of Tianjin 2003-2005
Cement Output of Shanghai 2003-2005
Cement Output of Shandong 2003-2005
Cement Output of Jiangsu 2003-2005
Regional Cement Outputs in 2005
Cement Total Output of China in Feb 2006
Regional Cement Industry Distribution of China
Cement Export in 2005
Cement Clinker Import 2003-2005
Cement Clinker Export 2003-2005
Chart: Market Shares of the Countries Importing Cement from China
Cement Drainpipe Total Output of China Feb-Dec 2005
Cement Drainpipe Total Output of China in Feb 2006
Cement Pressure Pipe Total Output of China Feb-Dec 2005
Cement Pressure Pipe Total Output of China in Feb 2006
Investment in Fixed Assets During the 10th Five-year Period
Forecast on Domestic Demands for Cement 06-07
The 8 Top Cement Listing Companies in Productive Capacity of China