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The enterprises that reduced a government headache
2011-06-01 10:09
In 1983, Cao Dewang decided to lease the Gaoshan Glass Factory from his village in Fuqing, Fujian province. His aim was simple: feed his family and the families of fellow village workers, and provide them with education.
Largest employer needs a level playing field
2011-06-01 10:09
China's broad private sector provides more than 90 percent of the 800 million jobs in the world's second-largest economy. That includes 237 million created by domestic private firms in urban areas, 18 million created by foreign-invested firms and 470 million rural jobs (including 210 million created by township enterprises, self-employed businesses and other rural private entities).
Resilient growth engine crucial to prosperity
2011-06-01 10:09
The remarkable growth of China's private economy over the past three decades has been crucial to making the Chinese economy the world's second largest.

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The enterprises that reduced a government headache

Largest employer needs a level playing field

Resilient growth engine crucial to prosperity