Smoke and vapour rise from a plant belonging to Tonghua Iron & Steel Group in Tonghua, Jilin province. The planning agency said the nation had reached its targets of phasing out 45 million tonnes of steel production for the year. Photo: Bloomberg Smoke and vapour rise from a plant belonging to Tonghua Iron & Steel Group in Tonghua, Jilin province. The planning agency said the nation had reached its targets of phasing out 45 million tonnes of steel production for the year. Photo: Bloomberg
Smoke and vapour rise from a plant belonging to Tonghua Iron & Steel Group in Tonghua, Jilin province. The planning agency said the nation had reached its targets of phasing out 45 million tonnes of steel production for the year. Photo: Bloomberg
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China gives itself an ‘A’ on economic report card

Key goals met, including headline gross domestic product growth rate and reductions in steel and coal capacity, central government says

Wendy Wu
Wendy Wu

Updated: 8:46pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Smoke and vapour rise from a plant belonging to Tonghua Iron & Steel Group in Tonghua, Jilin province. The planning agency said the nation had reached its targets of phasing out 45 million tonnes of steel production for the year. Photo: Bloomberg Smoke and vapour rise from a plant belonging to Tonghua Iron & Steel Group in Tonghua, Jilin province. The planning agency said the nation had reached its targets of phasing out 45 million tonnes of steel production for the year. Photo: Bloomberg
Smoke and vapour rise from a plant belonging to Tonghua Iron & Steel Group in Tonghua, Jilin province. The planning agency said the nation had reached its targets of phasing out 45 million tonnes of steel production for the year. Photo: Bloomberg
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