China sets slightly lower annual GDP growth target – government report

Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government on Sunday set a slightly lower annual economic growth target compared with last year’s goal, as the world’s second-biggest economy began to emerge from three years of severe COVID-19 restrictions.

China has set its 2023 growth target for its economy at around 5%, according to a government work report released at the opening of the country’s annual meeting of parliament on Sunday. That compares with its 2022 target of around 5.5%.

The Chinese economy expanded 3% last year, significantly missing the 2022 target and marking one of the slowest rates of growth in almost half a century.

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A 2023 government budget deficit target of 3.0% of gross domestic product has been set, according to the report, widening from a deficit goal of around 2.8% last year.


In the report, China has set a 2023 target of around 3% for its Consumer Price Index (CPI), unchanged from its 2022 target. The CPI rose 2.0% last year.


(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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