Chen told reporters the move to improve convertibility would not drive down the exchange rate for the renminbi, hurt China's balance of payments or add to inflationary pressures.

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"This incident shows what we need to improve our work, " Chen Xiaohua, China's vice minister for agriculture, told reporters in Beijing on Monday.

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Wang Chen, the minister in charge of the State Council Information Office, told reporters in Beijing that real-name registration would be extended to other areas once the pilot programmes had proved successful.

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