05-03-2017 01:44
China 2017 growth target 'around 6.5%': Premier Li
China on Sunday trimmed its 2017 GDP growth target to "around 6.5 percent" as the world's second-largest economy, already expanding at the slowest pace in a quarter-century, faces an array of challenges.The target, detailed in a report to be presented to China's rubber-stamp parliament by Premier Li Keqiang beginning at 9 am (0100 GMT), was lower than last year's range of 6.5 to seven percent.Li's remarks said the target was still sufficient to meet the Communist Party's target of doubling the s
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