Since 2013, efforts to reduce pollution have become more precise and strict, he added.

Other measures include controlling coal consumption, vehicle emissions, dust and the burning of straw and garbage.

“We do have fewer blast furnaces as a percentage of our steelmaking in the United States,” Anderson noted.

These central SOEs have started hydrogen power production, storage, refueling or related businesses.

Meanwhile, small and private businesses are making their own efforts to tide through these tough times.

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