Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Government Work Report to the third session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing on Friday morning.

The Premier acknowledged that the world's second-largest economy faces "difficult factors" and "uncertainties" due to the novel coronavirus, which has sharply reduced global demand and dampened economic activities.

Let's take a look at what overseas media said.

Economic growth

China will still pay attention to its economic growth rate despite opting not to set a target this year due to heightened uncertainties stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

-- Reuters

Parting with years of precedent, China abandoned on Friday an annual growth target for 2020, in an acknowledgment that restarting its economy after the coronavirus outbreak will be a slow and difficult process.

-- The New York Times