The world's top steel producer churned out 99.45 million tonnes of crude steel in May, data from the statistics bureau showed.
At a briefing on Thursday, the state planner said with the development of China's economy, demand for crude steel still has room to grow during the 14th Five-Year Plan.
The most-traded iron ore futures, for September delivery, rose 1.0% to 1,224 yuan ($190.31) a tonne at close.
Coking coal futures on the Dalian bourse jumped 2.3% to 2,010 yuan a tonne. Coke prices rose 1.6% to 2,754 yuan per tonne.
Steel rebar and hot rolled coils on the Shanghai Futures Exchange also recovered from losses during morning session.
Construction-used steel rebar, for October delivery, increased 0.3% to 5,101 yuan a tonne.
Hot rolled coils, used in the manufacturing sector, inched up 0.3% to 5,371 yuan per tonne.
The July contract for Shanghai stainless steel futures dipped 0.7% to 16,160 yuan per tonne.
($1 = 6.4317 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Min Zhang and Dominique Patton; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
