China did not set a 2020 GDP growth target mainly because of major uncertainties due to COVID19 – Global Times

After China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) decided to omit setting a 2020 GDP growth target, the country’s influential media outlet, Global Times, is out with its take on it.

China did not set a GDP growth target in 2020 mainly because of major uncertainties due to the COVID19 pandemic, economic and trade climate and other "unpredictable" factors gripping China, Global Times reported.