Ƙungiyar Karfe ta Duniya ta bayyana cewa daga shekarar 2020 zuwa farkon 2021, tattalin arzikin China zai ci gaba da murmurewa mai ƙarfi. Duk da haka, tun daga watan Yunin wannan shekarar, ci gaban tattalin arzikin China ya fara raguwa. Tun daga watan Yuli, ci gaban masana'antar ƙarfe ta China ya nuna alamun raguwa. Bukatar ƙarfe ta faɗi da kashi 13.3% a watan Yuli da kashi 18.3% a watan Agusta. Raguwar ci gaban masana'antar ƙarfe wani ɓangare ne na yanayi mai tsanani da kuma barkewar cutar huhu mai tsanani a lokacin bazara. Duk da haka, manyan dalilan sun haɗa da raguwar ci gaban masana'antar gine-gine da ƙuntatawa na gwamnati kan samar da ƙarfe. Raguwar ayyukan masana'antar gidaje ta faru ne saboda manufar gwamnatin China ta kula da kuɗaɗen masu haɓaka gidaje da aka ƙaddamar a shekarar 2020. A lokaci guda, jarin kayayyakin more rayuwa na China ba zai ƙaru a shekarar 2021 ba, kuma farfaɗowar masana'antar masana'antu ta duniya zai kuma shafi ci gaban ayyukan kasuwancin fitar da kayayyaki.
Ƙungiyar Karfe ta Duniya ta bayyana cewa saboda ci gaba da raguwar masana'antar gidaje a shekarar 2021, buƙatar ƙarfe a China za ta fuskanci ƙaruwar da ba ta dace ba a sauran shekarar 2021. Saboda haka, duk da cewa yawan amfani da ƙarfe da China ke yi ya ƙaru da kashi 2.7% daga watan Janairu zuwa Agusta, ana sa ran buƙatar ƙarfe gaba ɗaya a shekarar 2021 za ta faɗi da kashi 1.0%. Ƙungiyar Karfe ta Duniya ta yi imanin cewa bisa ga tsarin gwamnatin China na daidaita tattalin arziki da manufofin kare muhalli, ana sa ran cewa buƙatar ƙarfe ba za ta yi kyau ba a shekarar 2022, kuma sake cika wasu kayayyaki na iya tallafawa amfani da ƙarfe da ake gani a bayyane.