China’s 5% economic growth target for 2024 is achievable, state planner says

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Open this photo in gallery: Pedestrian walk across a traffic intersection near office buildings in the Central Business District, in Beijing, on Feb. 8.Andy Wong/The Associated Press The head of China’s state planner said on Wednesday that the government’s 5 per cent economic growth target this year, which many analysts say is ambitious, is achievable and that he expects the world’s second-largest economy to have a good first quarter. Speaking at a rare joint briefing on the sidelines of the annual parliament meeting in Beijing with China’s finance minister, commerce minister, central bank chief, and head of the securities regulator,...