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China's Five-Year Plan goals being achieved despite Covid-19
by ROBERT GRIFFITHS
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THE primary aim of China’s 13th Five Year Plan (2016-20) was to replace “unbalanced, unco-ordinated, and unsustainable growth” with innovative, co-ordinated, green, open and inclusive growth in order to create a “moderately prosperous society in all respects.”

The target was to achieve annual GDP growth of 6.5 per cent — amended upwards in 2016 for flexibility — which would double people’s average disposable income. 

Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, it remains possible that this can still be met thanks to slight overfulfilment during the plan’s first three years.

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