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China to modernise before boosting global role: official

China's new leadership will focus on modernising the country before it increases Beijing's role in international affairs, a top official told the Davos forum on Saturday.

File picture shows senior Chinese planning official Zhang Xiaoqiang pictured at Davos, Swizerland on January 25, 2007. China's new leadership will focus on modernising the country before it increases Beijing's role in international affairs, Zhang told a Davos forum on Saturday.

Senior Chinese planning official Zhang Xiaoqiang told economic and business leaders gathered in the Swiss ski resort that the whole world would benefit if China completed its development programme.

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