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Chinese lawmakers approve five-year plan

(Xinhua)

Updated: 2016-03-16 10:15:34

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Chinese lawmakers approve five-year plan

Female Chinese workers sew clothes to be exported to Southeast Asian countries at a garment factory in Huaibei city, East China's Anhui province, Jan 19, 2016. [Photo/IC]

BEIJING - Chinese lawmakers on Wednesday approved the country's economic and social development blueprint for the 2016-2020 period, which sets targeted average annual economic growth of above 6.5 percent in the next five years.