OREANDA-NEWS. November 26, 2014. Steel Corporation and Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Corporation in China, in order to encourage their executives and staff members to take the lead to realize the POSCO the Great.

He visited these sites and said that he was very impressed by the improvement in profit and competitiveness achieved by local and dispatched staff. He also asked them to devote more efforts to creating customer value based on solution marketing and to take pride as part of a global company.

He checked the product exhibit room and operation conditions at Guangdong Pohang Automotive Steel Corporation (Guangdong CGL, head of the corporation, Kim Jae yeol) in China.

Having stopped by at the product exhibit room, he requested them to use it as a space for promoting POSCO`s differentiated techniques to clients effectively, including ultra-high strength steel and solution marketing.

In addition, after emphasizing the need for greater efforts to solve the difficulties clients are facing, while also increasing the diversity of World Premium products produced by POSCO. He asked not only staff working in sales, but also staff in production-based roles in foreign countries to do their best for solution marketing activities. He also asked local staff to seek solutions to enhance the efficiency of investments and the operation rate of facilities, as well as to improve the quality of life for themselves.

Furthermore, he requested them to cultivate their abilities constantly in order to have the capabilities required for work at POSCO, a global company, with the vision and ambition to work in other POSCO corporations worldwide in the future, not just in China.

The next day, on the 12th, he stopped by at Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Corporation (head of the corporation, Kim Jae yeol) located nearby Shanghai. At Zhangjiagang, which produces stainless steel, CEO Kwon Ohjoon said, ``We need to ensure the continuous competitiveness of POSCO by producing world premium products with high added value and profitability in order to overcome the slowdown in the steel business.`` He also emphasized the balance between sales and production saying, ``We need to provide solutions by finding actual demand in the clients` side and understanding what products they need.`` He also added that he would support staff with overseas experience and capabilities to grow with the company.

He also visited Shagang Group and exchanged opinions on the cooperation plans of the two companies with the president, Shen Wenrong.

Meanwhile, prior to visiting foreign corporations, CEO Kwon Ohjoon participated in the 2014 APEC CEO Summit, the business forum held in Beijing from the 8th to 10th. In the South Korea-China CEO Roundtable, key personnel in economic world, both in Korea and China, including the CEO of POSCO Kwon Ohjoon along with the Chairman of Korea

International Trade Association Han Duck-soo, the president of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Jiang Jianqing and president of Hebei Steel Group Yu Yong, also attended and discussed the South Korea-China Free Trade Agreement and economic cooperation.