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sks for◆ this year." No growth targets Li announced the government wo◆uld not be setting specific growth targets in 2020 for the Chin?
鬳se economy, which expanded by 6.1 percent last year, because C◆hina "will face some factors that are difficult to predict in i◆ts development due to the great uncertainty regarding the COVID◆-198
pandemic and the world economic and trade environment." T◆he premier praised the Chinese people for building a "Great Wal◆l of solidarity against the epidemic" but said the country's "s◆uccess ho
as come at a great price." The economy contracted 6.8 p◆ercent in the first quarter of 2020 from a year earlier. "The ◆country posted negative growth in the first quarter of this yea◆r and daily l8
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fe and work have been greatly affected. However, ◆life is invaluable. This is a price we must pay and a price wor◆th paying." He added that fg
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scal policy will be more proactive◆ and monetary policy more flexible this year. China-U.S. trade◆ Li said China remained committed to openi4
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g its doors to the◆ outside world in a complex international environment and would◆ continue to work with the United States to implement the 4