Beijing, March 5, 2026 (AFP) - China sets growth target of 4.5 to 5% for 2026: official report

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China set the country's lowest annual growth target in decades on Thursday at its yearly Two Sessions parliamentary gathering, where the government will unveil its plans to tackle sluggish consumption and a flagging property market. For 2026, China expects growth of 4.5 to 5 percent, according to a government work report issued Thursday, "with efforts in actual work to strive for even better results". In 2025, it had set a target of around five p......

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