Energy & Science
Beijing Pressures Top China Manufacturing Hub to Curb Power Use
- Jiangsu province has economy about the same size as Canada’s
- Factories have been forced to curb or even halt operations
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Jiangsu -- a Chinese province with an economy as large as Canada’s -- is curbing electricity supplies to industry as Beijing pressures it to reduce energy usage to cut emissions.
Many factories in the key manufacturing hub north of Shanghai have cut or even halted their operations, according to more than a dozen company executives interviewed by Bloomberg, as well as local media and researchers. The curbs, which are on an unprecedented scale, started in the second week of September and will last at least through the end of the month, they said.