President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for strong confidence and all-around effort to achieve the ambitious goal of eliminating poverty in China by 2020.
China-US relations was one of the hot topics at the press conference and one particular concern was whether China and the United States are moving toward conflict.
China expects to see wider opening-up as it pledges to do more to attract foreign investment and promote global cooperation at the ongoing annual "two sessions."
Chinese small agricultural households, the biggest part of the country’s agricultural population, are joining a national drive to pursue modernized agriculture.
What contributed to last year’s growth were a healthier and more sustainable development mode, as well as the further optimization of economic structure.