China vows to boost domestic demand in bid for 2024 recovery

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China’s leaders vowed to boost domestic demand, prioritize the development of strategic sectors and tackle the country’s real estate crisis, following a key meeting that laid out economic priorities for the new year.

Under a new slogan pledging to achieve stability through economic progress, Chinese leaders said it’s necessary to overcome some difficulties and challenges, which include insufficient demand, overcapacity in some industries, weak social expectations and many hidden risks which still exist, according to a Tuesday evening broadcast on the state-owned China Central Television.

“China’s economy has achieved a recovery, with solid progress made in high-quality development in 2023,” Chinese leaders said, according to a brief readout of the two-day meeting published by state-owned Xinhua. “China still has to overcome some difficulties and challenges to further revive the economy.”

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In a CCTV readout of the meeting, China’s leaders stressed that a focus on high quality development is key, prescribing a nine-point plan that included technological innovation in the industrial system, boosting domestic consumption, expanding high-level foreign investment and revitalizing agriculture to boost food security.

This year’s Central Economic Work Conference comes as the post-Covid-19 recovery of the world’s second-largest economy has so far fallen short of expectations. A litany of policy support measures have not sufficiently lifted economic sentiment, igniting calls for Beijing to amp up its stimulus amid renewed fears of a deepening slowdown.

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The readout also addressed major economic issues ranging from the country’s declining fertility rates to high rates of unemployment, particularly among the younger population, and the resilience and safety of the domestic supply chains.

China’s leaders additionally reiterated they would support the development of private enterprises and foster innovation in science and technology, green transformation and the digital economy, including artificial intelligence.

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