Steady Chinese economic growth benefits the world

For those who monitor the Chinese economy, it is not surprising that its growth rate has slowed in recent years, given its restructuring and reform efforts, and the difficult external economic environment.

Yet, despite this, they will be aware that it has remained one of the main engines for the global economy.

The Government Work Report, delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday, summed up the hard-won achievements China made last year and the role the country has played in boosting global growth, which, despit its own slower whole-year GDP growth of 6.7 percent, was still more than 30 percent. To put that in perspective, by comparison, the contribution of the United States was about 16 percent last year.