Faith voiced for healthy growth rate

Annual goal of 6.5% GDP increase on track, economic regulator says

China can continue with its sound growth momentum in 2018 by boosting investment and facilitating reform and opening-up during the second half of this year, the nation's top economic regulator said.

The country is on track for hitting its economic growth target of about 6.5 percent for the year, despite uncertainties triggered by a trade dispute with the United States, Yan Pengcheng, a spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission, told a news conference on Tuesday.