MNI BRIEF: China Confident To Achieve Economic Goals, Premier

Authorities in Beijing remain confident in meeting this year's annual economic and social development targets, premier Li Qiang stated in Beijing on Tuesday.

Meeting with the heads of major international economic organisations, including IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Li emphasised that the national economy would continue to show steady and positive growth and China’s commitment to opening its economy will deepen.

China’s policymakers will reaffirm an expansionary fiscal and monetary policy stance at an upcoming annual key meeting to underpin a potential 5% economic growth target for 2026, policy advisors told MNI. (See MNI: China's Positive 2026 Policy Tone)