Satoshi Murata: progressing with China’s steel industry

Amazed at China’s technological advancement and balanced growth

Satoshi Murata arrived in Shanghai in April 2015 before serving as the manager of Chugoku Chiho in Hiroshima. Upon his arrival in Shanghai he discovered that it was different from his impression of China in Japan, and that Shanghai is as prosperous as Tokyo.

Murata feels that Shanghai is a great city to live in. He also loves Chinese cuisine, saying that the cuisines of Szechuan, Hunan and Shanghai are all his favorites. He is most impressed by China’s policy implementation capability over his stay in Shanghai. For instance, the policies of banning fire crackers and honking have beene extremely successful. In his field, he gives credit to China for efficiently reducing the surplus in productivity.“China’s implementation is far superior to that of Japan,” says Murata.