The National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China is the state planner
- China faces relatively big difficulties in achieving stable development in the second half of 2018
- External shocks from China - US trade frictions, domestic structural problems will be the cause of H2 difficutlies
- China has ample policy room to deal with shocks
- China will provide targeted help to firms impacted by China - US trade frictions
- China is able to achieve the economic goal it set at the start of the year
(GDP growth target is around 6.5%, so far, according to official figures, they are on target)
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