A number of positive factors will gradually gain traction in 2016, although downward pressures on growth such as overcapacity, profit deceleration and rising nonprofit loans will persist.
China's economic slowdown in 2015 was one of the world's top stories. What will 2016 bring? China Daily asked economists and others for their views, which ranged from the need for more financial-sector reforms to eliminating "zombie" companies, reports Paul Welitzkin in New York.
Following the news that last year growth slowed slightly, proactive reforms will remain high on the agenda throughout 2016.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for "nets spread from the earth to the sky" to defend against terrorist acts in Xinjiang.
The crucial point is that the China context has changed and it is the fast-moving China environment that is forcing private business entrepreneurs into doing something different.
After a series of key conferences on the economy last year, China's reform framework and crucial areas have been hammered out clearly.
President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Washington at a time when most China watchers in the United States have become pessimistic about Sino-US relations.
The plan is expected to end the long-standing brawl between State and local tax administrations and reduce the agonies of companies, including multinationals in China.
The year 2016 is the first year of the 13th Five-year Plan. Macro-control is expected to focus on boosting supply and demand, reform and opening-up, mass innovation, as well as fiscal and monetary policies.
China's central bank will continue to improve its macro-control efforts as it promotes financial reform and opening up, vice governor Yi Gang said Tuesday.
China's real estate market continued to warm up in June, with fewer cities seeing new home prices drop for the fourth consecutive month.
Manufacturing is the most stressful work, according to the findings of a survey conducted by the Chinese Medical Association, Chinese Hospital Association and People's Daily.
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