{"id":324326,"date":"2026-03-06T04:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/324326\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:22:13","slug":"china-targets-lowest-growth-range-since-1991-in-realistic-move-as-pressures-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/324326\/","title":{"rendered":"China targets lowest growth range since 1991 in realistic move as pressures rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A 4.5 to 5 per cent GDP growth target \u2013 the lowest since 1991 \u2013 was announced by Premier Li Qiang on Thursday at the opening session of the National People\u2019s Congress (NPC), China\u2019s top legislature.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He emphasised that it would \u201cstrive for better results in practice\u201d to align with the goal of doubling the 2020 per capita gross domestic product and realising medium- to long-term economic potential.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The world\u2019s second-largest economy expanded by 5 per cent last year, meeting the \u201caround 5 per cent\u201d official target amid a tariff war with the United States and a property market downturn at home.<\/p>\n<p>The new growth target matches an <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/economic-indicators\/article\/3340889\/china-set-gdp-growth-range-providing-policy-flexibility-2026-sources?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">earlier report<\/a> by the South China Morning Post, which forecast that the GDP goal would prioritise space for structural reforms, risk management and high-quality development, rather than aggressive stimulus-driven expansion.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-16lwkd e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772770933_962_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewDuration\" class=\"css-1vqvq42 e1o401181\">02:16<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">Chinese premier sets 2026 GDP growth target at 4.5-5%<\/p>\n<p>Chinese premier sets 2026 GDP growth target at 4.5-5%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 4.5 to 5 per cent GDP growth target \u2013 the lowest since 1991 \u2013 was announced by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5560,114,1657,54,184,3153,85,46,160667,15966,160668,47,100805,3379,160666,5959,15624,1032,17510],"class_list":{"0":"post-324326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-beijing","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-gdp","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-justin-lin-yifu","17":"tag-li-qiang","18":"tag-louis-kuijs","19":"tag-middle-east","20":"tag-national-peoples-congress","21":"tag-peking-university","22":"tag-shen-danyang","23":"tag-south-china-morning-post","24":"tag-taiwan","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-world-bank"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}