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China raises budget deficit-to-GDP to 2.3 pct

Xinhua, March 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

China will raise its budget deficit to 2.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for 2015, up from last year's target of 2.1 percent, according to a government work report available to media ahead of the annual parliamentary session Thursday. Endi