Q&A Beattie / China / National People's Congress
China Is Projecting 7.5% Growth In The World's Second Largest Economy This Year, Giving Defense Spending Another Double-Digit Boost And Declaring War On Pollution. In A Major Policy Speech To The National People's Congress Wednesday ... Just Days After A Knifing Attack Killed 29 In Kunming, Premier Li Keqiang Also Vowed To Crack Down On Terrorist Activity. He Told The Nearly 3,000 NPC Delegates In Beijing "Reform Is The Top Priority" For The Communist Government Saying It Has Brought China "The Greatest Benefits." He Said It Will Be Achieved Through Greater Openness, Innovation, Industrialization, Urbanizing, Agricultural Modernization, Plus More. Louis Kuijs, Chief China Economist At Hong Kong's Royal Bank Of Scotland, Tells VOA's Victor Beattie The Growth Target, Which Compares To The 7.7% Growth Experienced In Each Of The Last Two Years, Doesn't Surprise Him Given What Offiicials Outlined During Last Year's Third Plenum Of The 18th Communist Party Central Committee In November.