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Plan to map leading global role for industry

A development plan for the manufacturing sector through mid-century will soon be submitted to the State Council for approval, Li Yizhong, deputy director of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's Economic Committee, said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Industry and Information and the Chinese Academy of Engineering are formulating the plan. Under the draft plan, China will be a fully industrialized country by 2020 and a world-class industrial nation by 2050. The plan will focus on next-generation information technology, biomedicine and bio-manufacturing, advanced equipment and alternative energy.