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State Council helps SMEs get paid by state customers

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For almost three years, Li Keqiang has been prodding and niggling state firms and government agencies to pay what they owe to small, private firms.

Progress has been, um,mixed.

So, on Tuesday, the State Council signed off on new regulations formalizing payment conditions for small- and medium...