[3] In total, the firm has eight subsidiaries and associates, who are engaged in smelting, processing and distributing iron and steel as well as vanadium products (as of December 31, 2010).

[4] Panzhihua Steel was built as part of the Third Front campaign to develop basic industry and national defense industry in China's interior in order to be prepared for the risk of foreign invasion.

[5]: 187  To ensure that the facility had the level foundation necessary for steel production, workers built the factory on massive steps carved out of the slope.

[5]: 187 Consistent with the Third Front construction's emphasis on secrecy due to national security concerns, the completion of the Panzhihua facility was not promoted at the time.

[5]: 187  Today, the city government of Panzhihua promotes it as a model of Chinese technological ingenuity.