中, 코로나19로 경제성장률 목표 제시 못해…역대 처음<br /><br />Parting with years of precedent, China abandoned an annual growth target for 2020... in an acknowledgment that restarting its economy after the coronavirus outbreak will be a slow and difficult process.<br />Announced, however, was a budget proposal calling for an economic stimulus program equal to about 2 percent of the country's economic output last year.<br />Our Kim Dami has the details.<br />No economic growth target for China in 2020.<br />Beijing skipped setting a specific GDP goal for the first time ever, admitting that China was facing an unpredictable time.<br />"This is because the country will face some factors that are difficult to predict due to the great uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and the world economic and trade environment."<br />But analysts also point out that Beijing could be keeping quiet about its growth targets to prevent the U.S. from using stronger measures against China.<br />"Because China is running a conflict right now between President Trump, conflict of words, China may believe that a type of positive, optimistic growth estimate may induce President Trump to become even harsher."<br />Most of the attendees, except Chinese leader Xi Jinping and some other high-up officials, gathered in masks on Friday for a condensed version of the annual congress after a two-month delay due to the pandemic.<br />To pick up its sluggish economy, for the first time in 13 years, Beijing will issue special treasury bonds... worth around 140 billion U.S. dollars.<br />China's GDP last year grew by 6-point-1 percent, achieving its official target range of 6 to 6-point-5 percent.<br />But in the first quarter of this year, China's economy has already shrunk by 6-point-8 percent compared to Q1 last year.<br />And the IMF believes that it will only grow by just 1-point-2 percent this year.<br />Kim Dami, Arirang News.<br />
