Development of China's Copper Plate and Strip Industry——Part Ⅰ

来源：China Nonferrous Metals Monthly, 2018, (02): 1-5.

<正>As a metal,copper comes in third only to iron and aluminum in terms of importance in national economy and as a non-ferrous metal,it ranks second in terms of consumption.The copper industry is a pillar of the non-ferrous metal industry in China.In 2016,the copper industry’s assets accounted for23%of the national non-ferrous industry’s total,and its income accounted for 35%.China also holds an