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Market exit gets equal billing in unified national market push

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Beijing is taking aim at China's industrial undead. On May 21, Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting on advancing the unified national market. What caught our eye: The readout elevates market exit mechanisms to the same footing as the initiative's four other pillars – market ent...