Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday allayed the fears of economic growth remaining below 6. 5 percent and said that the country will achieve its targeted economic growth.
Li said that China had already passed the "stress test", and will achieve the targeted economic growth - - 6. 5 to 7 percent.
"It impossible that China's economy will grow under 6. 5 percent, " Li said at a press conference on the last day of China's parliament session.
"We are confident about a bright future and our confidence is not based on flimsy grounds. The big markets in China have enormous potential, " the prime minister said.
China is battling its slowest economic growth rate in 25 years.
The world's second - largest economy grew by 6. 9 percent in 2014. This year, the government has pegged the growth rate between 6. 5 and 7 percent.
(Gaurav Sharma is the Beijing - based correspondent of IANS. He can be contacted at gaurav. s@ians. in)
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