Apart from the efforts of the management there is another reason for the success of China Steel. "The domestic steel market has always been open and China Steel employees are used to fighting it out with the competition in the domestic and international markets," said Cheng Wen- ching. However, this spirit is not often seen in the other state-owned enterprises which operate oligopolies.
不過，中鋼績效好，除了經營階層用心外，還另有原因：「國內鋼鐵市場一向開放，中鋼員工已習慣在國內國際的市場上拚鬥競爭」，鄭溫清指出，但這種拚鬥精神，在其他寡佔型的國營事業中，還不容易看到。