A modest slowdown, if conducive to the long-term, stable development, is very good.

The current oil price couldn't represents the relations between supply and demand, ... speculation has played a more important role in the increase of oil prices.

The economy should grow by about 9% or more, giving next year a good start.

The increase in the first quarter is a bit fast but previous experience tells us the first quarter generally accounts for only a small portion of the whole-year's investment.

The key of our policy lies in preventing the (real estate) prices from surging too fast, instead of bringing down the prices abruptly, which is not in line with the law of economy or interests of the government and ordinary people.

The nation's economy has continued to develop towards the target of macro-regulation as a good momentum of steady and rapid growth is maintained.

Everyone knows that during the 1970s the Japanese yen traded at 380 yen to the dollar and then appreciated to 110 yen per dollar. But Japan has all along enjoyed a trade surplus with the United States and their surplus went from US$10 billion at the time to over US$80 billion.

It should arouse concern, and actually has aroused our attention.

This is a characteristic that the United States, Japan and European Union countries do not have.

as long as we continue to earnestly implement the government's macroeconomic control policies and perform solidly in the fourth quarter, then the long-term targets we set earlier this year will be realized.