关键词: 美国钢铁业 , 战略性新兴产业 , 经济崛起 , 第三次技术革命浪潮

Abstract: In the second half of the 19th century, the United States focused on the development of iron and steel industry which was one of the strategic emerging industries during this period, based on largescale domestic demand for industrial products with the help of a series of trade protection and industrial promotion policies including high tariffs, restrictions on FDI, enhancement of personnel training, and rational exploitation of natural resources As a pursuer of Britain at the beginning, American seized the opportunity of the third wave of technological revolution and realized the industrialization and economic development depending on strategic policies of supporting national industries, unique national innovation system, continuous progress of technologies, intensive use of highquality capital equipment, productivity advantages of highwage workers and effective exploitation of natural resources This successful experience provided China with important guidance for how to develop contemporary strategic emerging industries based on domestic demand and to establish the development model of endogenous growth and driven by innovation

Key words:  American iron and steel industry , strategic emerging industries , economic takeoff , the third wave of technological revolution