BEIJING, Jan 21 (Reuters) - China will try to halve its trade surplus to three percent of gross domestic output in the next five years, a foreign exchange official said on Thursday.
Guan Tao, the head of the international balance of payments department with China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), made the comments at a trade forum in Beijing.
China's trade surplus fell 34 percent in 2009 to $196 billion. (Reporting by Langi Chiang and Alan Wheatley; Editing by Ken Wills)