BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) — Investment, a traditional key driver of China’s economic growth, is unleashing new energy as the central authorities have made fresh arrangements to modernize the country’s infrastructure for sustained growth. The arrangements were made at a meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs earlier this week, involving a variety of construction needs from urban and rural facilities, digital networks, and industrial upgrades to national security. Regarding infrastructure as a pillar for economic and social development, the meeting stressed the significant role of infrastructure construction in ensuring national security, smoothing domestic circulation, facilitating the circulation of domestic and overseas markets, expanding domestic demand and promoting high-quality development.
