Premier confident growth will be stable in year ahead

Premier Li Keqiang said he is confident about stable economic growth this year amid mixed signals on growth at home and abroad as the domestic economy slows.

Addressing a seminar soliciting suggestions on a draft Government Work Report last week, he called on non-Communist parties to cooperate with the government to deal with the difficulties facing the economy.

The report is to be delivered to the plenary session of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, in early March.