Steel reform gets goal-driven

Overcapacity cuts will be a priority in 2017 for the nation's top economic planner

Editor's Note: China's top leaders wrapped up the three-day Central Economic Work Conference on Dec 16. At the tone-setting meeting, policy-makers mapped out policy stances for the country's economic development in 2017. China Daily analyzes the tasks and challenges China will face in 2017, to provide an insight into how the world's second-largest economy will tackle the thorny restructuring and reform challenges.

China will enact stricter rules for trimming steel overcapacity in 2017 after making significant progress in 2016, according to experts.