Graduation day for ‘developing country’

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July 2, 2015

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Source: Agencies | July 2, 2015, Thursday |

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CHINA aims to graduate from its status as a developing country by the middle of this century, Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday.

“China remains the world’s biggest developing country,” Li said at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

“Our goal is that by the middle of this century, China will enter the ranks of the mid-developed countries,” he told the Paris-based organization.

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