BEIJING—China’s economic growth is set to stumble to its slowest annual pace in nearly half a century, as the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus health crisis shutters businesses and brings the global economy to a standstill, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.
China’s leaders have pledged to take more steps to combat the impact from the pandemic that looks likely to delay a recovery in the CCP virus-ravaged economy, as mounting job losses pose a threat to social stability.