Chinese Premier Says China Growing at Reasonable Pace

China’s economy is growing at a “reasonable” pace and, despite growing pressure, the government can handle well the risks the country faces, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said.
The premier, in remarks published late Saturday after a special cabinet meeting, said China is continuing to steadily manage its economy.

Li said international market instability “has increased the uncertainties around the global economic recovery, and the impact on China’s financial market and imports and exports has also deepened, with the economy facing new pressure.”

He defended China’s efforts to steer through a volatile period since mid-June, when China’s stock market plunged. On Friday, Shanghai’s benchmark index was nearly 38 percent below where it was on June 12.

The premier reiterated earlier remarks that there’s no basis for continued depreciation of the yuan following its devaluation on Aug. 11. The yuan “will stay basically stable as a reasonable and balanced level,” he said.

via CNBC

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