Exceeding the US GDP is not our aim, our goal is to "meet the people’s desire for a better life", says Chinese minister

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Exceeding the US GDP is not our aim, our goal is to "meet the people’s desire for a better life", says Chinese minister​

Beijing Published: Jan 19, 2022, 01:30 PM(IST)

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A day after China declared its GDP had grown 8.1 per cent last year, the country's vice foreign minister Le Yucheng asserted that the Communist Party was "not interested in exceeding the US in GDP".

The minister while speaking at a university in Beijing said the main goal of the Communist Part of China was to "meet the people’s desire for a better life" while adding that it was not after GDP growth.

“Exceeding the US in GDP, we are not interested in it," the minister pointed out.

Exceeding the US GDP is not our aim, says Chinese minister

Reports say China's GDP had slowed in the last half of 2021 as the country was hit by an energy crisis. Manufacturing activity had also slowed due to lockdowns.

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