Light-gauge steel structures have been around for nearly a century. Initially, they were introduced as a substitute for wood structures to address the issue of wood's lifespan.

In the late 1990s, a revolutionary innovation occurred in light steel structures, leading to the emergence of the current mainstream, the Australian and New Zealand-style light steel structures. This new type of light steel structure overcomes the challenges of secondary processing in traditional light steel structures, allowing for direct molding of light steel studs by machines, resulting in high precision and large-scale processing.

This has also made it possible for lightweight steel structures to be designed more complex, expanding their applications to a wider range of uses.

Currently, light steel structures have several major applications in China, starting with residential construction, ranging from single-story homes to six-story office buildings and hotels.

And lightweight steel structures also offer greater advantages in the addition or expansion of buildings compared to other structural types, as they can connect more securely with existing structures.

Another emerging field in recent years is the photovoltaic power generation industry, which utilizes rectangular and round tube structures for its solar panel supports, a type of light steel.

Now, lightweight steel structures used for building construction can be directly applied to photovoltaic supports. These structures are characterized by fast production and easy assembly, allowing for rapid deployment.

Light-gauge steel structures have emerged in a new application field this year: mobile nucleic acid sampling stations. In the past, light-gauge steel structures have often been used in similar scenarios, such as small kiosks, public toilets, pavilions, and other municipal facilities. These small buildings better demonstrate the advantages of light-gauge steel structures.