However, growth in the Asian nation has stalled in recent months as weak consumer demand, high youth unemployment and a crisis in the key property sector have put an end to an already lukewarm post-Covid rebound.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said she had “very useful and substantive discussions with the Chinese leadership”, including Premier Li Qiang, Vice Premier He Lifeng, Central Bank Governor Pan Gongsheng and Finance Minister Liu Kun.
The group talked “about the state of the world economy and developments here in China,” Georgieva said in a video posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
“We talked about the measures the Chinese government is taking to bring forward the (development) goal,” the Bulgarian economist said. He said the goal was “important to China (and) important to the world”.