This Day, That Year

Item from June 17, 1986, in China Daily: Workers at Ji-nan Automobile in Shan-dong province install tires on a heavy-duty truck. The company produces 20,000 trucks a year.

The government yesterday issued a set of industrial policies to guide the development of key economic sectors.

The policies call for the restructuring of China's agriculture, trade and infrastructure, as well as the electronics, machinery, petroleum, petrochemicals, auto and building industries.