Developing | China’s Xi expects 2024 GDP growth of around 5%, vows more proactive measures in 2025

Developing | China’s Xi expects 2024 GDP growth of around 5%, vows more proactive measures in 2025

China’s economy is expected to have grown around 5 per cent this year, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, according to state news agency Xinhua. Xi also pledged to take more proactive measures to support the economy next year. Xi added that China would deepen its reform, expand opening up, and coordinate development and security. … Read more

As it happened: China’s ‘two sessions’ 2024 – Premier Li Qiang sets GDP target of around 5% for the year

As it happened: China’s ‘two sessions’ 2024 – Premier Li Qiang sets GDP target of around 5% for the year

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing in our spring flash sale. Premier Li Qiang will deliver his first government work report at the meeting, offering a glimpse into the central government’s economic goals and foreign policy as well as its … Read more