BEIJING: The Chinese government has more weapons in its arsenal to boost its flagging economy, the world’s second-largest, Premier Li Keqiang said Sunday at his once-a-year press conference.

Li—who is second only to President Xi Jinping in the Communist hierarchy—was speaking at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, where he also addressed topics including Sino-Japanese relations, air pollution and the future of China’s notorious one-child policy.

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