And even if it were, Anshan is just like any other profit-seeking business, right?

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Six cities in Liaoning province, including Shenyang and Anshan, recently announced they are converting abandoned industrial sites to farmland.

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As for the question of whether Anshan is a profit-seeking business, the short answer is, yes, except for when it is not.

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Well, since Anshan is indeed a state-owned enterprise, we can be certain that, at some point in the past, and probably at some point in the future, Anshan will benefit from government subsidies.

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