Qu Hongbin
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Qu Hongbin
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It's roughly in line with what people expected, and if you discount the Chinese New Year effect, the number would probably not look so high.
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Investments will slow and producer prices should come down. What we'll see now is a modest slowdown.
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China's economy has so far performed better than people had expected. Export growth is also stronger than expected.
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Given the evidence of deteriorating investment efficiency, China needs to rebalance its growth by shifting away from investment toward consumption.
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Simply because as a matter of fact China still has plenty of rural surplus laborers and people are talking about a magnitude of more than 200 million - so you know from national-wide point of view, there is plenty of labor supply there.
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There are various hidden uncertainties if we look at the main growth engines. Exports depend on external factors and it will be a big question as to whether China's exports can be a single flower blossoming if the world economy slows next year.