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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson and agencies

China plans to ‘vigorously boost consumption’ to shore up economy

A worker transfers steel cables at a steel factory in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province
A worker transfers steel cables at a steel factory in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province. The country is facing a protracted trade war with Donald Trump’s US. Photograph: AP

China’s government has announced ambitious plans to “vigorously boost consumption” by putting up pay and reducing financial burdens, in its latest attempt to increase consumer confidence and lift its struggling economy.

The plans, announced by the ruling Chinese Communist party’s (CCP) central committee and state council on Sunday, include aims to “promote reasonable wage growth” and to improve the mechanisms for adjusting the minimum wage.

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