Why is Anshan called Steel City

Anshan is the earliest iron and steel base, as early as in the Japanese colonial period was established Anshan Iron and Steel Institute, after the liberation of China's largest iron and steel production base, the early liberation, Liaoning is known as the "*** and the country's eldest son" is the new China's heavy industry base. At that time, Anshan Steel in all respects in the country is the largest, but also produced like Meng Tai, Lei Feng and so on the old generation of national model workers, revolutionary martyrs, for the country's major steel enterprises to train thousands of scientific and technological personnel, so was crowned the "steel" title.