The comments came a day before the scheduled release of first-quarter GDP figures. Growth data is likely to show the economy grew at 7 percent in the first three months of the year compared to the corresponding 2014 period, a Reuters poll showed.
(Reporting by Judy Hua and Kevin Yao; Editing by Nicholas Heath and Clarence Fernandez)China premier says downward pressure on economy still increasing: state radio
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