Baosteel uses Ice as a part of the communications infrastructure for its real-time process control system. Baosteel is one of the most profitable steel enterprises in the world enjoying international competence. Baosteel produces high demand products in the domestic and international market.

Baosteel was ranked No. 372 on the list of 2003 Global 500 by "Fortune" magazine on July 2004, and became the first of its kind in the competitive industry and the manufacturing sector in China to enter the world's top 500 enterprises.