Boost set for economic, social goals

Reforms to deepen and livelihoods to improve, Political Bureau decides

China will "stabilize and improve its macroeconomic policies" and deepen reforms to achieve its economic and social development goals this year, according to a statement released after a key meeting on Tuesday.

The nation will continue to adopt proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy, according to the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which was presided over by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.