China’s annual National People’s Congress, the first since Beijing brought an abrupt end to three years of crippling Covid Zero restrictions, has begun with a modest target for economic growth and few hints of past stimulus extravagance.
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China set a modest economic growth target of around 5% for the year with a supportive spending plan. Economists expect that the actual growth will beat the new target after budgetary support and the end of Covid Zero.
