Growth of 6.5% seen within reach

Confidence based on expected rises in consumption, investment and trade

China is confident it will meet its 6.5 percent annual growth target this year, with more efforts to implement supply-side reforms and further promote economic opening-up, a key minister said on Tuesday.

He Lifeng, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economic regulator, told journalists in Beijing that China is capable of achieving the target set in the Government Work Report, as it expects stable growth in consumption, investment and trade.