Li Keqiang Touches on GDP Target, U.S. Ties, Hong Kong in Press Conference

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addressed the world’s media Thursday following the closing ceremony of the National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislature, in Beijing.

In a two-hour news conference (link in Chinese) conducted partly by video link due to the coronavirus, he responded to questions on the abandonment of the country’s annual GDP target, China’s economic recovery plan, the Covid-19 pandemic, the national security resolution on Hong Kong, and China’s relationship with the United States.