Was Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. aided by others?

Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel General Factory, today's Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. is the first of the top ten steel base projects in China decided by the central government in 1978, and it is the only new steel plant that really started construction. In view of the huge gap between the domestic steel technology level and the foreign advanced technology level at that time, and because the plates, belts and pipes needed to win at that time were all the most advanced varieties in the world, the state decided to introduce them from abroad as a whole, and domestic design, feasibility study, equipment, production and other units will follow up and digest and transplant advanced technologies in the future. Nippon Steel Corporation is responsible for the whole project and the technical and economic indicators after completion, that is, the general contracting of technology and complete sets of equipment. Therefore, it can be considered that this project is a replica of Nippon Steel's large branch factory in Japan. However, the construction funds belong to our country. Therefore, Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel Company was not aided by others, but was all imported.