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China aims for 9% annual growth in light industry output by 2015

20/01/2012

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has said the country’s light industry is likely to witness an annual increase of 9% in its value-added industrial output during the 2011-2015 period.

The ministry published a guideline to support the development of light industry during the country’s 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), according to which the annual growth of the sector’s exports will average around 7.5% during the period.

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