【正文】 over 2000, the country still imported million sq m of plate glass in the year. With the rapid development of associated industries such as construction, automobiles and electronic information, the demand for highgrade float glass has been on the rise. In the domestic glass production in 2001, however, high quality float glass accounted for only 12%, far from satisfying the market demand. Statistics show that in 2001, the imports of hollow glass for highgrade buildings and sandwich reinforced glass for vehicle use increased by 49% and 150% respectively over the previous year. This implies that highgrade and deeply processed glass is still undersupplied in China. Medium and lowgrade ordinary float glass, meanwhile, has been seriously oversupplied, Construction and Sanitary Ceramics IndustryIn 2000, China’s stateowned enterprises and nonstate enterprises with annual sales of over 5 million yuan produced billion sq m of construction ceramic tiles and 435,000 tons of sanitary ceramics. The varieties of construction ceramics topped 2,000 and those of sanitary ceramics topped 300.Due to haphazard capacity expansion and construction repetition, the whole construction ceramics industry was in a state of excessive petition in 2001, and the efficiency of listed panies in the construction ceramics industry slid sharply. In view of the current market situation, medium and lowgrade products are seriously glutted while highgrade products are paratively undersupplied. It is predicted that in the ing few years, the market oversupply of medium and lowgrade products will keep at some 30%, while the market demand for highgrade products will continue to grow at a fast clip. The demand for highgrade sanitary ceramics able to substitute imports and waterefficient sanitary ceramics will increase remarkably.The policy orientation for the construction and sanitary ceramics industry in the future is to develop highgrade construction ceramics for import substitution while of controlling the aggregate output and phasing out outdated processes and products. Glass Fiber and Products Industry(1) Overview of the IndustryAt present, China’s glass fiber industry has nearly 40 large enterprises each with an annual output of over 1,000 tons, two specialized research and designing institutes, 40odd glass fiber equipment and electric meter manufacturing enterprises, and 20odd chemical raw material production enterprises. Among the major producers are Zhuhai SEZ Glass Fiber Enterprises Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Tongxiang Jushi Glass Fiber Co., Ltd., Shandong Tai’an Taishan Glass Fiber Co., Ltd., and Chongqing Glass Fiber Co., Ltd. These factories have bee important development bases of China’s glass fiber industry.In 2001, two new glass fiber production lines were put into production. They were an alkalifree glass fiber production line with an annual output of 15,000 tons at the Shandong Tai’an Taishan Glass Fiber Co., Ltd., and a glass fiber production line with an annual output of 20,000 tons (including 5,000 tons of G75 electronic yarn) at the Chongqing Glass Fiber Co., Ltd.The glass fiber industry began to post fast growth in the second half of 2000 and the momentum continued in 2001. According to preliminary statistics, the sales in 2001 amounted to billion yuan, up % over the previous year, and the profits totaled 149 million yuan, six times as much as in the previous year.(2) Import and Export of the IndustryThe imports and exports of the glass fiber and products industry in 2001 are shown in Table 24 and Table 25Table 24 Imports of China’s Glass Fiber and Products Industry in 2001　Import volume (10,000t)Import value (US$10,000)Main import sourcesShort staple glass fiber with a length of no more than 50 mmJapanLow count yarn of glass fiberROK, Taiwan, .Other glass fibersJapan, ROK, Taiwan, .Total 　Source: Calculated according to data of Development Research Center of the State CouncilTable 25 Exports of China’s Glass Fiber and Products Industry in 2001　Export volume (10,000t)Export value (US$10,000)Main export destinationsShort staple glass fiber with a length of no more than 50 mm., Japan, Hong KongLow count yarn of glass fiberHong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Germany, .Other glass fibersJapan, ., Germany, ItalyTotal 　Source: Calculated according to data of Development Research Center of the State CouncilThe above tables show that China’s export volume of glass fiber stood at some 64,200 tons in 2001, up % over the previous year。 the export value amounted to million US dollars, up % over the million US dollars in the previous year. China’s glass fiber products have successfully penetrated into the international market, including the United States, Japan, Germany and Italy.The imports and exports of China’s glass fiber and products industry in the period from 1996 to 2001 are shown in Table 26.Table 26 Imports amp。 Exports of China’s Glass Fiber and Products Industry in 19962001ExportsImportsVolume (10,000t)Value (US$10,000)Annual growth rate (%)Volume (10,000t)Value (US$10,000)Annual growth rate (%)199619971998199920002001Source: Calculated according to data of Development Research Center of the State Council Cement Industry(1) Industrial OperationsIn 2001, the cement industry posted a turnaround from loss into profit, being the number one profit maker in the building materials industry. Details are as follows:a) Cement Output and SalesAccording to preliminary statistics, China’s cement production amounted to 621 million tons in 2001, up % over the previous year. The growth rate was appropriate.According to a sumup of the 106 large and mediumsized cement enterprises in the country (16 more than the figure for the previous year), their output in 2001 total