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Smoke stacks and cooling towers of a power plant rise above a low-rise neighborhood that borders a steel plant in Anyang, Henan province, China February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
BEIJING, Aug 4 (Reuters) - China's top decision-making body last Friday said it would pursue its peak carbon and carbon neutrality plans in an "orderly" manner, and would correct any "campaign-style" carbon reduction by local governments.
The announcement fuelled concerns that the world's top polluter might backtrack on climate commitments, with analysts expecting China to cool some aggressive steps to curb carbon emissions from heavy industry as it tries to balance its climate goals with economic stability.