'Realistic' growth target set at about 6.5 percent

Premier says govt aims to create 11 million jobs, keep urban unemployment below 4.5%

Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday that China is setting a "realistic" economic growth target of "around 6.5 percent" of GDP, while the nation will "try to achieve better results".

Li, who delivered the annual Government Work Report on Sunday, said the new target is "in keeping with economic principles". The report came at the opening of the fifth plenary session of the 12th National People's Congress, the country's top legislature.