Economic promises focus on creating jobs

? Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged Friday to redouble the country’s stimulus program to focus on job creation, signaling that Beijing’s main worry is keeping its factories humming and its restive workers making money from strong exports to the world.

Although the Chinese action is helping to keep the world’s economy afloat, its priority on domestic jobs could spur frustration among U.S. and other world leaders who want China to use its stimulus package to create more demand for products made outside China.

Wen made his announcement in the government’s annual report to China’s legislature, pledging that stimulus will continue because the basis of the global recovery remains weak.