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China News Chinas top leaders see challenges for economy Chinas top leaders on Thursday pointed out difficulties and challenges facing the countrys economy, saying macro policies should be stabilized and control over micro segments loosened with better social security measures. The message by the top decision-making body of the Communist Party of China came at a special meeting held Thursday morning by the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to study the countrys economic situation amid an economic slowdown. China needs to cement its domestic economic growth momentum and guard against potential risks in financial sectors, according to a statement released after the meeting, which was presided over by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. Top leaders were also concerned about factors that are still affecting the stability in agricultural production, as well as outstanding problems relating to environmental pollution and food and drug safety, according to the statement. Even though economies have flooded the global markets with massive increases in liquidity, the world economy still lacks an adequate dynamic for development under the impact of the global financial crisis and subsequent sovereign debt crises that repeatedly undermine market confidence, it said. The message followed a slowdown in the worlds second-largest economy in the first three months, when Chinas economic growth eased to 7.7 percent in the January-March period, a pace that was lower than expected but higher than 7.5-percent expansion targeted by the government for the full year. While focusing on improving the quality and performance of economic development, the country should keep a proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy while making them more targeted, it said. Urbanization to fuel Chinas economic growth Chinas economy will expand at a relatively fast growth rate over the next few years as the ongoing urbanization will unleash