Several ministries and departments of the State Council, China's Cabinet, have responded topublic concerns in the past week over the state of the economy and healthcare reform, amongother issues.
Questions for the National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economicplanner, were focused on balancing economic growth by cutting overcapacity, in light of a betterthan predicted 6.7 percent growth in GDP for the second quarter of the year, as reported by theNational Bureau of Statistics.
Rising coal and steel prices, in particular, have prompted some to fear that coal enterprisesmight be encouraged to increase production, which is contrary to the ongoing process of cuttingovercapacity.