BEIJING (AP) - China says it plans to step up efforts this year to develop clean energy and other high-tech industries in a strategy that has strained trade ties with Washington and other governments.
Officials said Thursday that areas targeted by the government this year include energy-saving technologies, new energy cars and next-generation mobile phones.
The communist government is trying to nurture Chinese technology industries with grants and other support. But the strategy has triggered complaints Beijing is violating its free-trade commitments and prompted a U.S. complaint to the World Trade Organization in December over subsidies to Chinese producers of wind and solar equipment.
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