Top planner: China´s trade surplus to "last for another period of time"

Source: Xinhua | 03-06-2008 11:54

BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China's top macro-economic planner Ma Kai said here Thursday that the country's "trade surplus will last for another period of time," but the key question is not the existence of surplus itself, but whether it is the result of fair play and beneficial to both sides of the international trade.

Ma Kai, Chinese minister of National Development and Reform Commission, answers a question from journalists during a press conference on economic and social  development and macroeconomic regulation held by the  First Session of the 11th National People's Congress  (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Ma, minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), made the remark at a press conference held by the ongoing session of the National People's Congress.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei