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Premier Li Qiang pledges support for future industries, warns against herd behavior

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Beijing is worried that China's next generation of industries could end up looking a lot like the last one. On June 5, Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting that discussed China's future industries initiative. What stood out: Li is clearly worried about local governments piling ...



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