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Chi­nese Pres­i­dent Xi Jin­ping, left, and Pre­mier Li Keqiang, right, applaud dur­ing the open­ing ses­sion of the Chi­nese Peo­ple’s Polit­i­cal Con­sul­ta­tive Con­fer­ence at the Great Hall of the Peo­ple on March 4, 2021 in Bei­jing, China.Kevin Fray­er | Get­ty Images­BEI­JING — Chi­na has set growth tar­get of over 6% for 2021, Chi­nese Pre­mier Li Keqiang announced Fri­day at an annu­al par­lia­men­tary meet­ing — the coun­try’s most impor­tant polit­i­cal event of the year.Such growth would come off a low base.China report­ed GDP growth of 2.3% last year — the only major econ­o­my to expand amid the coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic. The coun­try’s offi­cial eco­nom­ic fig­ures are often doubt­ed for …