A
boron-containing stainless steel having excellent hot workability and
weldability and a good surface quality is proposed and is a
boron-containing stainless steel comprising C: 0.001˜0.15
mass %, Si: 0.1˜2
mass %, Mn: 0.1˜2
mass %, Ni: 5˜25 mass %, Cr: 11˜27 mass %, B: 0.05˜2.5 mass %, Al: 0.005˜0.2 mass %, O: 0.0001˜0.01 mass %, N: 0.001˜0.1 mass %, S: not more than 0.005 mass %, one or both of Mg: 0.0001˜0.005 mass % and Ca: 0.0001˜0.005 mass % and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities provided that a part of Si, Al, Mg, Ca and S is included as a non-metallic inclusion made of
sulfide and / or oxysulfide.