Overcapacity being cut amid power shortages
The National Energy Administration said the government would work hard to eliminate obsolete capacity in industries such as steel and cement to control excessive growth of high energy-consuming industries. Liu Debin / For China Daily |
BEIJING - China will continue to phase out unneeded industrial capacity this year, with 2,255 enterprises closing facilities, while the government fights the worst power shortage in years, a statement on the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) website said on Monday.
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