Xi underscores economic issues

China must maintain economic growth and persevere with market-oriented reforms in the face of multiple risks in the economy, said newly elected Party leader Xi Jinping.

The government should continue its proactive fiscal and prudent monetary policies next year and improve the economy's dynamics, Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said at a symposium held last week with non-Party figures in Beijing.

"The growth must be tangible, and should be efficient, of good quality and sustainable," Xi said.