China to create 11 mln new jobs this year -NDRC

BEIJING Dec 9 (Reuters) - China will have created more than 11 million new jobs by the end of this year, Zhang Ping, the head of the National Development and Reform Commission, was reported as saying by state television on Wednesday.

That would exceed the government's target of 9 million new jobs for the year.

Officials had estimated that more than 20 million migrant workers lost jobs when the global financial crisis hit the Chinese economy, making job creation a priority for the government in its stimulus spending. (Reporting by Aileen Wang and Simon Rabinovitch; Editing by Ken Wills)