Upgrade of coal sector suggested to drive growth

Northern China's Shanxi province, which produced over a quarter of the nation's coal in 2015, will continue upgrading coal-related industries to boost growth in the new year, said Governor Li Xiaopeng.

"Our province is under pressure from the economic slowdown," he said in his annual government work report to the provincial people's congress, which opened on Wednesday.

Difficulties include low coal prices and the pressing need to make the province's GDP greener through structural adjustment.