Economics

China's Growth Champion Looks to Set Example Cutting Excess

  • Mayor Huang discusses Chongqing efforts to ease systemic risk
  • Local reforms being watched closely after nod from Xi Jinping

Huang Qifan. Photographer: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

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Chongqing’s mayor is vowing to slash industrial capacity and reduce a housing glut as the booming municipality attempts to put itself at the vanguard of China’s push to restructure the economy.

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