Ｃｈｉｎａ Ｓｔｉｍｕｌｉ Ｐａｃｋａｇｅ ｔｏ Ｂｏｏｓｔ ｔｈｅ Ｔｗｏ“Ｐｉｌｌａｒ Ｉｎｄｕｓｔｒｉｅｓ”

After China issued a RMB 4trillion stimulus package，thecentral government and lo-cal governments sped up thefnrmulation of plans related to the imple-mentation of this big plan last Novem-ber.On January 14，2009，China's StateCouncil unveiled plans for the auto andsteel industry，put together by the NationalDevelopment and Reform Commission inconjunction with other departments.Theindustrial assistance plans were all part ofthe huge RMB 4 trillion (US$585 billion)economic stimulus package.This plan toaid the automotive and steel industriesalso includes other industries such as shipmaking，chemicals，textiles，manufactur-ing and nonferrous metals; all industriesthat the Chinese government aims tosupport in the current global financial tur-moil.