China deficit biggest in decades (BBC 6 March 2009)

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To counter the challenges brought by the global crisis, the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has the biggest budget deficit in 60 years.
In his speech, the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, said China was faced with unprecedented difficulties and . He said would be much slower, at around 8%, and there would be fewer jobs for graduates and migrant workers. The government's no longer that its GDP target will be at the end of the year.
As the economy slows down, the government is to create nine million new jobs, two million than last year. To counter the trend, the government is companies to keep staff on and has unveiled a budget deficit of 140bn US dollars, the biggest deficit since the Communist Party took 60 years ago.
But there is no promise of extra money, apart from the publicised stimulus package of nearly 600bn US dollars. Chinese stock markets nosedived after his .
Shirong Chen, BBC News, Beijing
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