The reason for Li’s inaction emerged in early June, when Chinese President Xi Jinping told his American counterpart, Barack Obama, that China had deliberately revised its growth target downward, to 7.5%, in order to pursue structural reforms aimed at supporting stable and sustained economic development. Given that China was moving toward such reforms before the 2008 global economic crisis prompted former Premier Wen Jiabao to launch his ¥4 trillion stimulus plan, Xi’s statement suggests that the new government will seek to restore the economy’s pre-2008 fundamentals.
中国主席习近平曾于6月初通报美国总统奥巴马，为确保结构改革支持经济稳定可持续发展，中国主动将经济增长目标调降至7.5%，这也解释了为什么李克强总理尚未采取刺激措施。鉴于中国前总理温家宝已经在推行上述改革，后因2008年全球经济危机爆发被迫推出4万亿人民币刺激计划而中断，习近平的讲话表明新一届政府将力求恢复2008年前的经济基本面。