Government and Policy

China to nurture 7 new strategic industries

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-27 19:36

BEIJING - China will nurture and develop seven new strategic industries with favorable policies in the next five years, according to an official document released here Wednesday.

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The document, the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee's Proposal for Formulating the 12th Five-Year Program for China's Economic and Social Development (2011-2015), was adopted at the Fifth Plenum of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

The industries include new-generation information technology, energy-saving and environmental protection, new energy, biology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials and new-energy cars, according to the document.