BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping on Wednesday visited national political advisors attending a joint group meeting at the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, joined the discussion of political advisors from the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, the sector of science and technology, and the sector of environment and resources.
Shenzhou XVII mission commander Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo conducts an extravehicular mission outside the Tiangong space station on Saturday. [Photo/Xinhua] Substantial progress was made in the research and development of high-end equipment last year in China, such as aircraft engines, gas turbines, and 4th-generation nuclear power units, according to the Government Work Report delivered at the second session of the 14th National People's Congress.
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China's 2024 GDP growth target of around 5 percent is an achievable goal via enhanced efforts, head of the country's top economic planner said on Wednesday. China has the confidence, capabilities and conditions to meet the economic and social development targets for this year, Zheng Shanjie, director of the National Development and Reform Commission, told a press conference held on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the national legislature.
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed developing new quality productive forces amid the country's accelerated efforts to foster new growth drivers and promote high-quality development. First put forward by Xi in his inspection tour of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province in September 2023, the term was highlighted again at the Central Economic Work Conference in December, and became the subject of the first group study session held by the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee this year.
