Premier Li Qiang formally announced the growth objective, alongside the overall budget and key government policies for 2024, at China's annual National People's Congress (NPC), which kicked off Tuesday morning. A budget report indicated China's military spending - second only to the United States' - would rise by 7.2 percent.
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