The state-run Economic Daily says the real problem with the global economy is not China’s strong exports, but rising protectionism
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenSylvia MaPublished: 3:55pm, 2 Apr 2026A leading Chinese state media outlet has run back-to-back front-page editorials over the past two days pushing back against claims that China’s economy is losing steam and that the global economy is experiencing a “China shock 2.0”.
It added that the target reflected China’s “strategic composure and policy acumen in pursuing steady, long-term development”, noting it had silenced claims that the economy was “losing speed”.
At the same time, an excessively low growth rate would fail to support industrial upgrading and technological innovation, it added, calling the 4.5 to 5 per cent target a “reasonable range”.
