“The invisible barriers put up by some people in recent years are becoming widespread and pushing the world into fragmentation and even confrontation,” China’s No. 2 official said at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China. Chinese Premier Li Qiang speaks at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China, yesterday. He added that the nation would “roll out more practical and effective measures” on expanding domestic demand and stimulating market dynamism. “China seems to be rather confident in terms of maintaining its growth target,” Natixis SA senior economist Gary Ng (吳卓殷) said.