No hyping of layoffs

With China seeking to reduce its overcapacity in the coal and steel sectors as part of its push for economic restructuring, some 1.8 million workers will be transferred or laid off according to government figures.

However, some Western media have claimed up to 6 million workers are losing their jobs, and any official voice from China seeking to counter such misinformation is accused of covering up the facts.

These Western media outlets with tinted spectacles always look at China's economy and its domestic problems from a negative perspective, and often interpret talk of China's problems as the truth. For instance, when Xu Shaoshi, China's top economic planner, denied there would be a new round of "redundancies" at a news briefing on Sunday, it was dismissed as merely the "political correctness" required by China's authorities.