eputies, On behalf of th
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to provide comments and suggestions. I. Review of Work in 2009 The year 2009 was the most difficult year for our country's economic development since the beginning of the new century. Th
is time las▓t year the global financial crisis was still sprea▓ding, and the world economy was in a deep recession. Our economy was se▓verely affected; our exports decreased significantly; a large
number of enterprises had operating difficulties, and some even suspended▓ production or closed down; the number of unemployed people increased significantly; many migrant workers had to return to their home vil
e State Counci
l, I now present to yo
lages; and the pace of our econ▓omic growth suddenly slowed down. In these unusuall
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y difficult circumst▓ances, the people of all our ethnic groups fortified t▓heir confidenc
the government ▓for
e, tackled difficulties head on, worked tenaciously, and responded calmly to t
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he impact of the global financial crisis under the firm le▓adership of the Communist Party of China (CP
C). Our economy was the first in the world to have made a turnaround, and we made major new achiev
ements in reform and opening up ▓as well as socialist modernization. GDP reached 33.5 trillion yuan
