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 Premier urges support for private sector amid crisis 
(Xinhua) 
 
Updated: 2009-03-09 20:55 BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Monday called for greater support to private companies amid the global financial crisis. 
 
 The government should give greater support to not only state-owned enterprises but private companies "as long as they can boost economic development and create jobs", said Wen when joining lawmakers from the east China's Zhejiang Province in a panel discussion during the annual parliament session. 
 The government should clear obstacles in existing institutions to help the companies solve difficulties in financing to provide a "fair competition environment" for the non-public sector, he said.  |