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China's leaders to 'resolve risks' as key meet ends

BEIJING — China's leadership agreed on the need to 'resolve risks' in real estate and local government debt while also boosting demand at a key political meeting that wrapped up on Thursday, state media said.

Top officials, including President Xi Jinping, gathered for a Communist Party conference in the capital Beijing this week, with all eyes on how they would tackle the East Asian country's deepening economic malaise.