China plans to further boost consumption for economic recovery
Beijing, Jan. 19, 2024: China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said on Thursday that it would take solid steps to boost domestic demand and expand effective investment.
NDRC said that the steps were part of efforts to consolidate the improving trend of economic recovery in 2024.
Yuan Da, from the NDRC, said that the country would give more prominence to employment, ensure the employment of key groups, and enlarge the size of the middle-income group.
Da said that the country would work to develop new consumption growth points ,such as smart homes, sports events, domestic products and China-chic goods.
“ Efforts will also go into boosting, spending on big-ticket items and improving the consumption environment, ‘’he said.
“In expanding effective investment, greater support will be given to fields such as core technologies in key fields, new infrastructure, energy conservation and decarbonisation, the NDRC official added.
“In addition, the state planner said it will take steps to stimulate the vitality of private investment and cut the costs of investment and financing, ‘’he said.