The Chinese central government will earmark 27.64-billion yuan ($4.23-billion) to help local governments pay for capacity closures in the steel and coal sectors this year, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday.
The industrial enterprise restructuring funds will come in two parts, with the first used to pay for the relocation of laid-off workers, and the second used at the end of the year to reward local authorities that have exceeded their closure targets, the Ministry of Finance said on its website.
