China’s Premier Calls for Urgency in Implementing Economic Work

  • Li asks ministries to carry out plans ‘as early as possible’
  • China to improve management of local government special bonds
Li QiangPhotographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged government officials to swiftly carry out key economic tasks for the coming year, after top leaders signaled stronger stimulus for 2025.

Li said ministries must be proactive and act “as early as possible” in executing plans set out at the central economic work conference, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, following a cabinet meeting he chaired on Monday.