{"id":12508,"date":"2012-03-04T20:03:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T20:03:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-03-04T20:03:03","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T20:03:03","slug":"China-cuts-growth-target-to-7-5-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12508","title":{"rendered":"China cuts growth target to 7.5% in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>China expects economic growth of 7.5% this year as it looks for more sustainable expansion, prepares for a change in leadership and rides out a global slowdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Premier Wen Jiabao unveiled the target at the start of the annual National People&#8217;s Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Despite setting a target of 8% growth over the past eight years, China has regularly grown more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>This has caused problems including high inflation and a widening wealth gap.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, China&#8217;s gross domestic product (GDP), or annual economic output, grew by 9.2%. In 2010 gross domestic product grew 10.4%.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese leaders have said that economic stability is a priority for the country this year, ahead of its planned change of leadership in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts said a stimulus package introduced after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis had contributed to bubbles in the property market and high inflation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>High consumer prices, especially the cost of food, have previously caused unrest in China.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boosting domestic demand is aimed at countering the effects of the eurozone debt crisis and slowing of the US economy which have led to a drop in demand globally for Chinese exports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At least they are purposely slowing down their economy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>via www.bbc.co.uk<\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China expects economic growth of 7.5% this year as it looks for more sustainable expansion, prepares for a change 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