China's top economic planner: 'hard landing' impossible

Published March 06, 2016

China's top economic planning official says it is impossible that the Chinese economy would have a "hard landing" — or a sharp slowdown — and offered assurances that it would continue to contribute to global growth, not hinder it.

Xu Shaoshi, director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a news conference Sunday that China's economy has inner flexibility and abilities to resist risks.

Last year, growth slowed to a 25-year low of 6.9 percent. On Saturday, Premier Li Keqiang said in a report to the annual National People's Congress that authorities set a growth target of 6.5 to 7 percent for this year.

Xu said China's leadership is "completely capability to run China's economy within a reasonable range" and "is fully confident about the prospects of development."

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