China is confident and also capable of minimizing the uncertainty and adverse impacts of external shocks, promoting sustained and healthy economic growth as existing stimulus policies take effect, to be reinforced by new pro-growth measures being planned by the government, Li Chao, spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country’s economic planner, said on Thursday. The remarks came in response to a media question about assessing the impact of external factors such as sluggish global growth on China's economic outlook, given the OECD's lowered global growth forecast and a latest ... (full story)