18/10/2010 00:00 AST

New strategic industries, including the environmental protection and new-energy sectors, will account for 8 percent of China's gross domestic product by 2015, the government announced in a statement about its plan for the next five years.

The State Council, or cabinet, added in the statement on its website (www.gov.cn) that these industries would produce 15 percent of the country's total output by 2020.


Reuters

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