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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025
China drops GDP target mention, aims for 'best possible' results instead

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Reuters
28 July, 2022, 04:55 pm
Last modified: 28 July, 2022, 04:58 pm

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China drops GDP target mention, aims for 'best possible' results instead

Reuters
28 July, 2022, 04:55 pm
Last modified: 28 July, 2022, 04:58 pm
Employees work on the production line of vehicle components during a government-organised media tour to a factory of German engineering group Voith, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/
Employees work on the production line of vehicle components during a government-organised media tour to a factory of German engineering group Voith, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/

China will try hard to achieve the best possible results for the economy this year, state media said on Thursday after a high-level meeting of the ruling Communist Party, in contrast to previous calls to meet its full-year economic growth target.

In the second half of 2022, China should "stabilise employment and prices, maintain economic operations within a reasonable range, and strive to achieve the best possible results," state-run Xinhua news agency reported, after the 25-member Politburo chaired by President Xi Jinping met to assess the economy.

China is widely expected by analysts to miss its 2022 economic growth target, of around 5.5%, for the first time since 2015, with its $18 trillion economy battered this year by extensive Covid curbs including full lockdowns of cities like Shanghai.

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Gross domestic product in the first half grew only 2.5% from a year earlier, pointing to huge pressure in the second half, amid fears of a global recession, uncertainties from the Ukraine war and worries of any recurring Covid lockdowns.

Xi, at the opening of a BRICS forum on 22 June, said China would take more measures to achieve its annual economic goals while minimising the impact of its Covid-19 prevention and control as much as possible.

But during an inspection tour in the central city of Wuhan on 28 June, he said China will "strive to reach a relatively good level of the economic development this year".

Similarly, last week, Premier Li Keqiang said at the World Economic Forum that China will "strive for relatively good results in economic development for the whole year".

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