China Leaders Pledge Stronger Growth as Recovery Takes Hold
- Economic activity picking up pace as country reopens
- Communist Party leaders to announce economic targets in March
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With China’s economic recovery from the pandemic gathering pace, the nation’s top leaders vowed to boost growth and meet social development goals this year.
President Xi Jinping led a meeting of the Communist Party’s Politburo on Tuesday, reiterating plans to expand the economy and improve the quality of growth, according to a report in the state media CCTV. The comments were largely a repeat of Xi’s December speech, in which he vowed to boost market confidence and increase domestic demand.