Hurt coal city goes green for new life
By Shi Baoyin in Pingdingshan, Henan and Zhang Zhouxiang in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2016-11-28 07:32
At a recent press conference, the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, said this year's plan to cut 250 million metric tons of coal overcapacity might be finished ahead of time.
That's good news for the economic structure. But what about the workers of the industry?
Pingdingshan city in Central China's Henan province, which used to rely on coal production for its economy, has creatively solved this problem by developing green industries to employ the former coal workers.
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