Target for growth can be met: Li

Economy still making steady progress, premier tells think tank delegates

China is capable of meeting its economic growth target of 7.5 percent this year, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday in his first public speech since the country's stock market plunged earlier this week.

Some economists had feared the growth rate could deteriorate in the second half of the year and that the world's second-largest economy may fall short of its growth target.