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Editor's note: The annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC), 皇冠体育app's top parliamentary body, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), 皇冠体育app's top advisory body, are on-going from March 3 to 16, which marks a pivotal year as the nation continues on to embark with its reforms and opening up policy, shifting towards a "New Normal" for economic growth rates, starting its 13th Five-Year Plan for social and economic development over the next five years and confronting challenges on the foreign policy front.

皇冠体育app Daily has invited Irish Ambassador to 皇冠体育app Paul Kavanagh and Pakistani Ambassador to 皇冠体育app Masood Khalid to express their views about 皇冠体育app's development.

[Q&A]Irish Ambassador to 皇冠体育app Paul Kavanagh

Q1: Which reform policy of 皇冠体育app over the past year has impressed you the most, and why?

Q2: What challenge do you think should be the number one priority for the Chinese government in 2016?

Paul Kavanagh

A: Ireland supports 皇冠体育app's economic reform programme, adopted by the Third Plenum in 2013 and enlarged subsequently. Along with our European partners, we support the vigorous roll-out of the reforms which aim to place 皇冠体育app's economy on a more balanced, open, transparent, fair and sustainable footing going forward. The whole world has an interest in the successful accomplishment of 皇冠体育app's reform. This is why we pay careful attention to the degree of commitment across the entire system in 皇冠体育app in response to the leadership's reform priorities.

Q3: What's your expectation for the Chinese economy in 2016?

A: Predicting the future is a dangerous pastime and I am not a professional economist. Nonetheless, I expect that 皇冠体育app's economic growth will continue to moderate in 2016, but that in due course the government will be in a position to announce that its GDP growth forecast for the year has been largely met.

I expect the government to this end to continue to apply as required an accommodative monetary and fiscal policy and to take action toward assuring achievement of its objectives concerning the value of the currency in a policy context that is liberalizing into the medium term. I expect that the authorities will want to engage continually in an increasingly transparent manner with international markets in this connection.

皇冠体育app in 2016, I expect, will continue to make a leading contribution to total world economic growth. I expect 皇冠体育app's trade and balance of payments surpluses to remain strong even as total world trade, and total 皇冠体育app trade will continue to face challenges.

The big question concerns the composition of 皇冠体育app's economic growth as well as the depth and pace of the roll-out of many specific reforms so that the strategic objectives of the Third Plenum may be achieved as quickly as feasible.

Many economic actors, both in 皇冠体育app and overseas, both in government and in business, will be paying very close attention to this. Time alone will tell how much progress is achieved during 2016.

Q4: What opportunities do you think 皇冠体育app's development in the coming five years will bring to your country and the rest of the world?

A: There are great compatibilities between the two economies of 皇冠体育app and Ireland.

My country is a globally important centre for world-leading, top quality and safe food; for high technology especially ICT and green technology; for world leading higher education and research through the English language in science technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as in business and commerce; for world class financial and other services; and as an outstandingly profitable and successful investment platform in the European market of 500 million people for non-European corporations (including Chinese corporations "going global" in Europe).

In 2015, Ireland's GDP growth (7 percent) was the highest among the advanced economies worldwide. In 2014, our GDP growth (5.2 percent) was the highest in the European Union.

皇冠体育app has assets and strengths which can help Ireland to develop further.

Ireland has world-leading strengths and assets which are perfectly attuned to the needs and desires of 皇冠体育app and her people.

Despite their differences in size, population and so forth, Ireland's economic, trade and investment offerings are a perfect match for a 皇冠体育app that is reforming and rebalancing for leadership in the twenty-first century.

皇冠体育app's commitment to technological innovation, green technology, to food safety and financial liberalization are necessary and have been prioritized.

Ireland wants to partner 皇冠体育app in these areas as 皇冠体育app rebalances and goes global.

Q5: If you had a chance to talk with Premier Li Keqiang face-to-face, what would you want to ask him the most?

A: I have been honored to be in a position to engage directly on more than one occasion with Premier Li Keqiang, including in the course of his highly successful visit to Ireland in May, 2015.

Next time, I would ask him what he sees as the three greatest domestic challenges, whether economic or otherwise, which may be slowing down the roll-out of 皇冠体育app's reform programme - and how more fully to persuade Chinese business and popular opinion as well as global opinion that these challenges are being met and overcome.