China Inc. publicly embraces Xi's 2060 'zero carbon' goal

Plans for slashing emissions hazy but companies under pressure to deliver

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China's largest steel and aluminum producers have vowed to deploy new technologies to curtail their carbon emissions.

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Chinese legislators, due to convene Friday in Beijing, are expected to set out a timetable for achieving President Xi Jinping's goal of eliminating net carbon dioxide emissions by 2060.

Ahead of the annual National People's Congress session which is to adopt a new five-year national development plan, many of the country's largest companies -- and emitters -- have been making a point of publicly embracing the goal of carbon neutrality.

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