[4]: 4–5 During the resumed Chinese Civil War, the Nationalists destroyed Angang's blast furnaces and other key facilities when they withdrew from Anshan in February 1948.

[4]: 91 The steel refinery was modified under the aid of Soviet Union as one of 156 important construction projects [zh] in the First Five-year plan of China.

In 1958, prompted by the political movement of the Great Leap Forward, workers at Angang laid out rules to challenge the existing operations of their workplace.

In August 2021, Ansteel and Angang Group Corporation, began the process of merging and restructuring that will create the world's third-largest steelmaker.

"[4]: 2 The Communist Party portrays the development of Angang and industry in the northeast as part of its history of building the Chinese nation.