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...China’s economy grew an “estimated” 5.2 per cent last year, beating the official target of 5 per cent, the country’s number two official, Premier Li Qiang, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos....
...China’s economy grew an “estimated” 5.2 per cent last year, beating the official target, the country’s number two leader Premier Li Qiang said in Davos as he sought to allay concerns over its recovery from...
...Premier Li Qiang, President Xi Jinping’s number two, announced a budget deficit target in line with last year’s figure and new special central government bonds but disappointed investors who had been hoping...
...The city’s benchmark Hang Seng index rose 2.6 per cent on Tuesday after Premier Li Qiang called for “more forceful and effective measures to stabilise the market and boost confidence”....
...Chinese Premier Li Qiang held talks with Ireland’s Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin on Wednesday as part of a trip that highlighted the nations’ close trade and investment ties — and their potential vulnerability...
...The maiden speech of Li Qiang, China’s premier, to the National People’s Congress this week felt like a blast from the country’s ideological past....
...Chinese premier Li Qiang will attend this week’s Group of 20 summit in place of president Xi Jinping, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday....
...“Li Keqiang was instrumental for China to exit that deflationary period of 2015,” she said. “I don’t think Li Qiang can do this. It is just impossible. It would have to be up to Xi Jinping”....
...According to analysts, current appointee Li Qiang has adopted a lower profile than his predecessor Li Keqiang....
...Premier Li Qiang said at the annual meeting of China’s rubber-stamp parliament that the gross domestic product growth target would be about 5 per cent for 2024....
...Chinese premier Li Qiang urged officials to work on “boosting confidence” in the first meeting of the country’s cabinet after the lunar new year holidays....
...Last autumn Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Chinese premier Li Qiang he had “significant concerns about Chinese interference in the UK’s parliamentary democracy”....
...Premier Li Qiang is also set to announce a budget deficit of 3 per cent of gross domestic product and Rmb1tn ($138.9bn) in special government bonds in his first annual “work report” to the annual meeting...
...Premier Li Qiang said China would target economic growth of about 5 per cent this year but failed to reassure investors who had been hoping for a bigger spending boost for the economy....
...Lai Ming Yii, research manager at Beijing-based Daxue Consultancy, said young consumers were “choosing to be single” for professional and academic development and because they lacked the financial resources...
...From the moment Li Qiang arrived at the G20 summit over the weekend on an unassuming chartered flight, it was clear the Chinese premier had one mission in New Delhi: not to upstage his boss Xi Jinping....
...Opened by China’s premier, Li Qiang, the country’s number two official, this year’s forum is being attended by global chief executives including Apple’s Tim Cook, ExxonMobil’s Darren Woods and HSBC’s Noel...
...Calls from China’s premier Li Qiang for more support of financial markets and the lowering of the reserve requirement ratio for banks helped fuel positive price action....
...Speaking in Beijing, Scholz said he had expressed his “concern” to prime minister Li Qiang that “unilateral economic policy decisions in China are creating big structural difficulties for companies in Germany...
...Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index climbed 3.3 per cent on Tuesday after Li Qiang, China’s premier, called for more “forceful” stock market support. China’s CSI 300 rose 0.5 per cent....
...“More forceful and effective measures should be taken to stabilise the market and boost confidence,” Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting of the State Council, China’s cabinet, on Monday....
...Premier Li Qiang told an audience at Davos on Tuesday that the country’s economy grew about 5.2 per cent last year....
...Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday pre-empted the official release by the National Bureau for Statistics, announcing at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the economy had expanded an “estimated” 5.2 per cent...
...When Li Qiang announced at Davos that China’s economy had exceeded the 5 per cent growth target for 2023, it was met with scepticism....
...During her trip to Guangzhou and Beijing, Yellen met He Lifeng, a key economic official; Li Qiang, President Xi Jinping’s number two; and central bank governor Pan Gongsheng....
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