The centerline segregation in continuous casting steel is known to be formed by the interdendritic enriched liquid flow at the solidification end in strand.At present,several methods,such as thermal soft reduction, electromagnetic stirring and dynamic soft reduction,are available to reduce the center segregation and to improve the internal quality.Although some methods could alleviate center segregation to some extent,they can also give rise to new problems.For instance,thermal soft reduction can lead to surface cracking during casting of some steels and electromagnetic stirring can result in white band.Dynamic soft reduction is an effective technology for the improvement of strand quality in continuous slab casting.In this paper,the key parameters of dynamic soft reduction technology,such as soft reduction region,the total reduction amount,for low carbon steel have been studied based on experimental and theoretical analysis.The soft reduction region was related to the segregation of chemical composition,slab bulging of narrow side and avoiding internal crack of slab.The total reduction amount was composed of natural thermal shrinkage and actual reduction amount depending on critical strain.For low carbon steel with slab dimension of(950 - 1 950) mm×170 mm,the solid fraction range in soft reduction region was recommended from 0.4 to 0.8,the total reduction amount was 2.0 -2.8 mm,and the optimized reduction rate was 0.4 - 1.2 mm/min,respectively.Furthermore,a dynamic soft reduction system in continuous slab casting, Visual Cast-Dynamic,has been developed by multithreading method.It demonstrated that the dynamic soft reduction model in this study was correct with the ability of online control. The centerline segregation in continuous casting steel is known to be formed by the interdendritic enriched liquid flow at the solidification end in strand. At present, several methods, such as thermal soft reduction, electromagnetic stirring and dynamic soft reduction, are available to reduce the center segregation and to improve the internal quality.Although some methods could alleviate center segregation to some extent, they can also give rise to new problems. For instance, thermal soft reduction can lead to surface cracking during casting of some steels and electromagnetic stirring can result in white band. Dynamic soft reduction is an effective technology for the improvement of strand quality in continuous slab casting. In this paper, the key parameters of dynamic soft reduction technology, such as soft reduction region, the total reduction amount, for low carbon steel have been studied based on experimental and theoretical analysis. soft reduction region was related to the segregation of c hemical composition, slab bulging of slab and avoiding internal crack of slab. total reduction amount was composed of natural thermal shrinkage and actual reduction amount depending on critical strain. For low carbon steel with slab dimension of (950 - 1 950) mm × 170 mm, the solid fraction range in soft reduction region was recommended from 0.4 to 0.8, the total reduction amount was 2.0 -2.8 mm, and the optimized reduction rate was 0.4 - 1.2 mm / min, respectively. Futuremore, a dynamic soft reduction system in continuous slab casting, Visual Cast-Dynamic, has been developed by multithreading method. Indicus the dynamic soft reduction model in this study was correct with the ability of online control.