China state planner is 'fully confident' of achieving 2024 economic goals

FILE - A man walks by a fruits vendor waiting for customers outside a luxury housing construction site in Beijing, Sept. 24, 2024.

China is "fully confident" of achieving its full-year economic and social development targets, with some funds from 2025's budget being brought forward to support projects, chairman of the country's economic planner Zheng Shanjie said on Tuesday.