Li’s ‘Consumption Obstacles’ Reveal Grim State of China’s Economy

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and premier Li Keqiang arrived at the closing session of the party’s rubber stamp legislature’s congress in Beijing, China, on May 28, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

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On Sept. 9, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang convened an executive meeting of the State Council and mentioned the obstacles to consumption demand, a major economic issue that was first mentioned last year at the closing address of the Two Sessions, the annual rubber-stamp legislature meetings.