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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