Bank to open market operations
ChinaDailyYoung people walk in front of a huge picture of a city planning project at a construction site in Beijing May 11, 2007. China's central bank vowed on Thursday to use open market operations and higher bank reserve requirements to mop up excess liquidity and prevent the world's fourth-largest economy from overheating.
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