China Economists Call for Easing of Covid Curbs to Boost Growth.

The resumption of economic activities should be the country's top priority in the near term, the group said in an report published on the WeChat account of signatory Ren Zeping, former chief economist at Soochow Securities, on Saturday. (Bloomberg) -- Six prominent Chinese economists including former central bank adviser Huang Yiping and fellow Peking University professor Yao Yang called for a relaxing of the country's Covid rules to boost economic growth. [Extracted from the article]

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