Beijing tells SOEs to focus on core sectors
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Policymakers are getting state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to focus on the industries that matter. On March 5, Zhang Yuzhuo, head of the regulator overseeing non-financial SOEs (SASAC), announced that (Xinhua 1):
"Within a few years, we will concentrate central SOE assets and operations in around 20 s...