Pay for ordinary workers was only two yuan an hour for a standard six-hour day.

普通工的标准工作量为一天6个小时，每小时的收入仅为2元。

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We increased education spending nationwide significantly, including central government spending of 198.1 billion yuan, an increase of 23.6%.

大幅度增加全国教育支出，其中中央财政支出1981亿元，比上年增长23.6%。

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Business tax totaled 23.21 billion yuan, an increase of 14.5% and equivalent to 103.2% of the target.

营业税232.1亿元，增长14.5%，完成预算的103.2%。

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It has been trying to promote the yuan as an alternative to the US dollar as a global reserve currency.

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This was both insurance against another run on the rupiah and part of China's experiment with using the yuan as an international currency.

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The country could also take advantage of the world's disillusion with the dollar to promote the yuan as an international store of value and medium of exchange.

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