Policymakers signal more policy support

Foundation for country's sustained recovery needs to be consolidated

While China's economy delivered better-than-expected results at the start of the year, policymakers showed no signs of complacency and vowed to provide continued support, analysts said after a high-level meeting that outlined priorities for the next phase of economic tasks.

Amid intensifying external uncertainties, continuing policy easing to ensure reasonable economic growth remains imperative for bolstering confidence and strengthening development security, they said, and expect further measures in investment expansion, targeted monetary easing and energy infrastructure construction.

After China's GDP grew 5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Tuesday noted that the economy has been off to a robust start this year, with key indicators beating expectations, underscoring its resilience and dynamism.