Shanxi sets sights on IT, clean energy

Province aims to shift away from reliance on the coal industry

China's Shanxi province wants to cut its reliance on coal and develop other industries such as information technology and clean energy this year, senior provincial officials said on Tuesday.

Luo Huining, Party chief of Shanxi province and a deputy to the National People's Congress, said the provincial government will shift its developing priorities to new growth engines including the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the development of China's central and western regions and the Belt and Road Initiative.