As the internal discussion about the prospects of economic reform continues to play out in China, the Standing Committee of the State Council announced on May 6 a set of nine broad work priorities for promoting economic reform in 2013.
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The latest in a string of recently released work plans detailing various agencies’ goals for 2013 include priorities for PRC agencies that deal with energy and the environment as well as standards, conformity assessm
