Xi Certain China to Achieve Major Economic Goals This Year
- Economy still faces many prominent problems, Politburo says
- Communist Party seeks more open economy, foreign investment
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President Xi Jinping said he’s certain China will achieve its major economic and social objectives this year and that the 13th five-year plan period "will be off to a good start," according to a statement released Friday by the official Xinhua News Agency.
The Communist Party also listed top government economic goals for 2017, including additional supply-side structural reforms. China will further open the economy, improve investment conditions, unleash consumption potential and work to attract foreign investment.