The steel industry is a highly cyclical industry, and the difficulty ofdebt financing and interest rates vary at different stages of the business cycle.Therefore, analyzing the industry’s cyclical solvency has certain practicalsignificance. This article takes listed companies in the Shenwan Steel sector asresearch samples to analyze the trends in short-term and long-term solvency ofthe steel industry in the past decade, as well as the differences in solvency andfinancing between state-owned and private steel enterprises. Finally, severalsuggestions are proposed to enhance the debt-paying ability of the steel industryduring downturn cycles.