China to set growth targets as National People's Congress kicks off

Rubber-stamp parliament aiming to reverse virus slowdown, property crisis

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China's strict zero-COVID policy has weighed on the world's second-biggest economy as movement restrictions and lockdowns dented consumer actvity. © Reuters

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- China will sketch out plans for the world's second biggest economy this weekend as Beijing moves to stabilize growth dented by pandemic restrictions and a property market crisis, while pressure builds over its tepid response to the war in Ukraine.

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