Economics

China’s Top Leaders Vow to Meet Growth Targets Despite Virus

A worker checks the temperature of a customer at a supermarket in Beijing on Feb. 11.Photographer: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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The Chinese Communist Party’s top decision body urged the nation to meet its economic targets this year even amid the downward pressure from the coronavirus shutdowns.

The goals will be met by keeping the prudent monetary policy flexible and appropriate, making greater use of fiscal policy, boosting domestic consumption, and promoting large foreign-investment projects, top leaders concluded at the Standing Committee of the Politburo meeting, according to reports by state media late Wednesday.