On May 8, according to the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), in order to break down and implement the 2014 task of eliminating outdated production capacity set by the Government Work Report, in accordance with the deployment of the Notice of the State Council on Further Strengthening the Elimination of Outdated Production Capacity and the Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Resolving the Serious Contradiction of Overcapacity, and after deliberation and determination by the fifth meeting of the inter-ministerial coordination group for eliminating outdated production capacity, the MIIT recently assigned to various regions the 2014 tasks for eliminating outdated and excess production capacity.

　　Specifically: ironmaking 19 million tons, steelmaking 28.7 million tons, coke 12 million tons, ferroalloy 2.343 million tons, calcium carbide 1.7 million tons, electrolytic aluminum 420,000 tons, copper (including recycled copper) smelting 512,000 tons, lead (including recycled lead) smelting 115,000 tons, cement (clinker and mills) 50.5 million tons, flat glass 35 million weight cases, papermaking 2.65 million tons, leather making 3.6 million standard pieces, printing and dyeing 1.084 billion meters, chemical fiber 30,000 tons, lead-acid batteries (plates and assembly) 23.6 million kVAh, rare earth (oxides) 102,400 tons.

　　Compared with the targets set by the Government Work Report, the elimination task for the steel industry exceeds the target by 1.7 million tons, and that for the cement industry exceeds the target by 8.5 million tons. The task volumes for other industries have also increased considerably compared with last year.