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China premier says not easy to achieve GDP growth goal of around 5.5% this year
China's Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday it was not an easy thing to achieve a gross domestic product (GDP) growth goal of around 5.5 per cent in 2022 for an economy as big as China's. China on Saturday targeted slower economic growth of around 5.5 per cent this year as headwinds including an uncertain global recovery and a downturn in the country's vast property sector cast a pall over the world's second-largest economy. Li, at a news conference after the close of the country's annual meeting of parliament, admitted renewed downward risks and challenges facing the economy, which requires larger policy support this ... (full story)