Recently, according to the Xinjiang Economic and Information Technology Commission, Xinjiang plans to eliminate more than 5 million tons of outdated production capacity this year, including 150,000 tons of pig iron, 1 million tons of steel, 1.745 million tons of coke, 15,000 tons of ferroalloy, 20,000 tons of copper smelting, 2.17 million tons of cement, 7.9 million meters of printing and dyeing, and 57,000 tons of papermaking.

　　This year Xinjiang issued the "2013-2015 Plan for Eliminating Outdated Production Capacity," focusing on eliminating outdated capacity in 16 industries including steel, coke, ferroalloy, coking, and power. The preliminary plan calls for withdrawing a total of approximately 18 million tons of outdated production capacity (excluding 280,000 kilowatts of power).