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09:35, 05-Mar-2017
Premier Li: China sets 2017 GDP growth target at around 6.5 percent
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10:57, 28-Jun-2018
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China has set its GDP growth target at around 6.5 percent for 2017, compared with a target range of 6.5-6.7 percent for 2016, said Premier Li Keqiang at the opening ceremony of the Fifth Session of the 12th National People’s Congress.
The premier has been delivering a work report to the deputies attending the annual session of China’s top legislature on Sunday morning.
Li said China aims to keep consumer inflation at around 3 percent in 2017, and it will aim to create more than 11 million jobs, with the registered urban unemployment rate kept within 4.5 percent.
China's consumer price index rose 2 percent in 2016, and a target of around 3 percent has been set for 2017.
The country added 13.14 million jobs in 2016, and the registered urban jobless rate stood at 4.02 percent at the end of last year, according to the premier.