Full coverage: 2016 Central Economic Work Conference

BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Stability will be the key basic tone for economic work in 2017, said a statement issued Friday after the Central Economic Work Conference.

The basic tone of "seeking progress while maintaining stability" will be an important principle in state governance and the methodology for economic work, whose implementation is of critical importance for next year, the statement said.

The statement called for efforts to achieve progress in key fields while maintaining stability.