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Mayor: Economic growth tops Beijing agenda
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-12 11:52 BEIJING -- Beijing government's top priority this year is to maintain a "steady and relatively fast" economic development, Mayor Guo Jinlong said here on Monday.
He said the international financial crisis has affected Beijing's economy, as the city witnesses a continuing downturn in the real estate market, mounting pressures for businesses, and reduced growth rates in industrial output, export, fiscal income and economy. Beijing's service-based economy is home to several multinational headquarters. The delayed affects of the international financial crisis presents many questions about the near future, according to Guo. |