China set to power world economic growth despite challenges

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Foreign firms optimistic about Chinese market despite headwinds of epidemic

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Xinhua Headlines: Foreign firms bullish on Chinese market despite pandemic

Xinhua Headlines: Foreign firms bullish on Chinese market despite pandemic

(220429) -- HANGZHOU, April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Employees work at a workshop of gas springs manufacturer Stabilus (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd in Pinghu, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Yin Xiaosheng)