BEIJING - China has the capabilities and confidence to achieve its annual economic growth target of 7.5 percent this year, Xu Shaoshi, head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, told Xinhua Wednesday.
Top leader vows to meet growth target
China's top leadership says it will guarantee that the 7.5 percent growth target for this year will be met, despite the continuing economic slowdown.
President Xi Jinping made the remark on Tuesday when he chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee to lay out the economic strategy for the second half of the year.