The invention provides a steel connector and a C-shaped steel connecting structure. The steel connector comprises a horizontal plate and vertical plates, the vertical plates are perpendicular to the horizontal plate and are arranged on the three sides of the horizontal plate, the horizontal plate and the vertical plates are formed in an integrated mode, the vertical plates comprise three vertical planes, each vertical plane is provided with at least one screw hole, and at least one screw hole is formed in the horizontal plate. The steel connector has the advantages of being convenient to install, firm in connection, detachable and capable of being reused, improving the construction quality, effectively saving resources, being capable of achieving standardized production and construction on a large scale, greatly improving the production efficiency and the installation efficiency, saving production and installation cost, and being reasonable in design, simple in structure, convenient to use, low in cost, easy to produce and capable of achieving large-scale production.