China's government trims this year's economic growth target to 6 to 6.5 percent, down slightly from 2018's 6.6 percent, a three-decade low.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers the work report at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
In a bid to defuse U.S. and European trade complaints, Premier Li Keqiang pledged in a speech at the opening of China’s national legislative session that foreign and local companies will be “treated as equals.” The announcement reflects official determination to shore up slowing economic activity in the face of U.S. tariff hikes and cooling global demand.
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