Fiscal policy changes

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers a speech at China's 2007 Central Economic Work Conference, which the country's Communist Party leaders hold every December to draft policy for the coming year, in Beijing Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. China will shift its monetary policy "from prudent to tight" in 2008, Xinhua said Wednesday, to prevent its already hot economy from overheating and to try to contain accelerating inflation that threatens social stability. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ju Peng)