Premier Li Keqiang’s Government Work Report provides a concrete sign of China’s renewed support for the private economy, especially small and micro businesses.

A key economic index fell to a 17-year low, a likely trigger of more government support measures.

China’s exports tumbled the most in three years in February while imports fell for a third straight month.

Beijing statisticians ‘do not have capacity’ to correct inflated local figures

Although the global economy is witnessing an evident slowdown this year, 2019 is a promising year for deepening the financial supply-side structural reform. This requires China to be neither aggressive nor conservative, and instead be cautious and avoid making blunders.

China's economy is to expand by 6 to 6.5 percent this year.

While the Chinese economy is facing a slowdown, its impact cannot be predicted. Some argue the economic downturn is bound to carry effects across the globe, while others think it a mistake to fixate on GDP growth rates alone.

China has better prospects than the US in a long-term trade war.

Despite the pause in the US-China trade war, the US and China are strategic competitors, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. China realizes that there is little room to settle long-term disputes and, as a result has shifted towards a strategy that focuses on sustaining growth at any cost, expanding alliances, and advancing its technology.

China must perform a difficult balancing act.