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Fourteen leading domestic steelmakers have proposed the exemption to the State Council. Luo Bingsheng, the secretary general of CISA, also submitted the same proposal at a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao. Qi Xiangdong, the vice director of the China Iron and Steel Association, told Interfax that relevant departments are doing research on the proposal.