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Hundreds of influential thinkers from around the world have gathered in Dubai to participate in the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda. Participants of the three-day event will look at ways that international institutions like the G2

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China and the United States are set to hold their fifth round of Strategic and Economic Dialogue next week in Washington. The two sides will share their views on expanding cooperation in various fields and strengthening coordination on international

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BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese policymakers illustrated how to carry out the newly released 13th Five-Year Plan, showing confidence on sustained growth in the next five years at a forum. The two-day China Development Forum, which ended here on

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SHANGHAI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vice Premier Li Keqiang has urged local governments to improve and implement structural tax-reduction polices, while pushing forward fiscal and tax reforms to help stabilize growth. Li made the remarks at two meetings he

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MILAN, Italy, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- European Commission（委员会） President Jose Manuel Barroso said Saturday Europe could no longer postpone fiscal consolidation and structural reforms in order to return to growth after the economic crisis. In a

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When Trump criticized global trade and resorted to tariff barriers, he neglected the interdependence between China and the US economy, described as structurally complementary by experts. How did this interdependence come about? Some argue that it all

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This is the third RRR reduction in nearly five months, and the fourth round of interest rate cuts in nearly seven months. According to the People's Bank of China or PBOC, the latest move aims to further lower borrowing costs and boost the economy thr

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FRANKFURT, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese economy is healthy and has great potential for further development, a leading German economist has said. In the macroeconomic sense, the Chinese economy is still extremely healthy if one looks at the growth

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MEXICO CITY, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Latin America needs a new formula to achieve sustainable development, said a regional meeting before ending here on Friday. The 36th session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

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The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that Russia, the world's largest oil producer, needs to reduce its reliance on oil revenues and diversify its economy to keep it stable. The IMF's managing director, Christine Lagarde, said Tuesd

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Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, says China is not the only economy in need of structural reforms as they are fundamental for the success of every G20 economy. lagarde says the reforms are not only necessary, b

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Premier Li has urged more communication and coordination among G20 members to grapple with global economic headwinds. Macroeconomic policy coordination needs to be strengthened. The global economic and financial situation may have become more grim an

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BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or the Cabinet, on Wednesday pledged to push for deeper reforms to address the country's economic problems. The government will use reform to solve deeply rooted structural problems that are hamperi

2016年CRI China Sets Flexible GDP Target to Gain Steam for Structural Reform

In his annual government work report at the NPC session, Premier Li Keqiang announced a flexible GDP target, calling it a reasonable growth range as China is gearing up its structural reforms. The main development targets for 2016 are as follows: GDP