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China regains first place in IMF’s world economic growth report

Updated: Jan 19,2017 5:15 PM english.gov.cn/China Business Network
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China regained its top spot in world economic growth, with 6.7 percent in 2016, compared with India’s 6.6 percent, according to a report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Jan 16.

The report, World Economic Outlook, said that India’s growth speed in 2015 was 7.6 percent, the largest growth rate in the world, but that number decreased last year.


It also expected China’s growth in 2017 to be 6.5 percent, as the country is still a main driving engine for the world’s economy, and a main force for global economic recovery in the next year,
said Maury Obstfeld, IMF’s chief economist.

Data from the International Monetary Fund also showed that China contributed 1.2 percentage points to the global economy in 2016, while the United States contributed 0.3 percentage points and Europe 0.2 percentage points, the website of German radio station Deutschlandradio reported.

Actually, it has been generally recognized that China has been the world’s most powerful engine, and as the German radio station said, if China stops growing, the global economy would become sluggish.


Data also showed that during China’s 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), the country’s contribution to the world’s growth was 30.5 percent, the largest in the world, and the rate in 2016 was 33.2 percent.


Most important, China’s current growth was achieved amid its economic supply-side structural reform, which means that policies such as innovative macro management, simplifying administrations, innovation-driven strategy, and mass entrepreneurship and innovation released by the government achieved results, and the transformation of old and new engines was also speeding up in the country.

The good expectations and assessment from international organizations and global views came from China’s own development, which also in turn pushed economic development for China.
http://english.gov.cn/news/top_news/2017/01/19/content_281475545946653.htm
 
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It does not really matter 6.7% or 7.7%, what I like to see is the regular people have better live because of the growth

Higher economic growth leads to more jobs and to less poverty. So GDP figures and rates matter
 
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Higher economic growth leads to more jobs and to less poverty. So GDP figures and rates matter
but higher rate will also cause pollution and other problems, that is NOT a better life for regular people.
 
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Most important, China’s current growth was achieved amid its economic supply-side structural reform, which means that policies such as innovative macro management, simplifying administrations, innovation-driven strategy, and mass entrepreneurship and innovation released by the government achieved results, and the transformation of old and new engines was also speeding up in the country.

That's indeed the most amazing part. China's GDP growing higher or lower than that of India does not really matter much per se (India's plateaud GDP size tells a lot about its growth potential and momentum, but that's a side issue for us) , the two are on different leagues and stages of development, but, what matters most is sustaining growth and not being arrested by middle income trap as the economy shifts from quantitative growth to qualitative growth.

China still has huge potential with room for growth in services, middle class size, consumption, and upcoming immense knowledge pool of young talents in their late 20s and early 30s.
 
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Cities offer a glimpse of China’s economic future
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This is a garbage article. It is sensational to get clicks.

The following are some facts and indicators. I didn't even bother to arrange and rewrite. This is not even the complete list. You tell me, is China going to collapse? Only idiots believe that.


Biggest HSR network by a long way (all in the last 8 years)
- HSR network, largest, smoothest, fastest & most technological advanced.
- It's trains run at 350 kph (operating speed) for a few lines. No other country is operating at this speed.

Top 10 ports, 7 are from China according to World Shipping Council.
The non-China ports are Singapore, Busan, Dubai.

World largest market
- smartphones - largest manufacturer and market
- automobile - largest manufacturer and market
- EV, clean energy cars
- solar energy
- wind power
- industrial robots

1, China is the world's largest shipbuilding country and exporter.
2, China is the world's third largest arms exporter.
3, China is the world's largest high-speed train manufacturer.
4, China's industrial output is the world's largest.

World biggest producer of steel & cement
World biggest manufacturer
biggest trader
biggest gold producer and importer

largest oil importer and consumer
largest producer and consumer of energy

Supercomputer - the top 2 is in China at Jan 2017.
Majority of Top500 supercomputer is Chinese.

Most internet users, 710 million internet users as of June (more than the US and Europe combined, at Jan 2017)
most mobile phone users
biggest smartphone market
leader in mobile payment
- world’s largest and most developed retail e-commerce market, accounting for 47% of global digital retail sales (at Jan 2017)

undisputed leader of fintech
is home to eight of the world’s 27 current FinTech “unicorns” as of Jan 2017.

China’s total domination of renewable energy growth globally. China now owned:
- Five of the world’s six largest solar-module manufacturing firms
- The largest wind-turbine manufacturer
- The world’s largest lithium ion manufacturer
- The world’s largest electricity utility
China State Grid Corp (SGCC) - world's largest utility company - is a MNC operating
in many nations from Asia, South America, South Europe to North Africa. SGCC leads in
techs like UHV, smart grid (with ZTE, Huawei), and leads grand regional initiatives
like the Mediterranean Grid, Asia Super Grid as well.


Some top Chinese brands dominating in the world
- HUAWEI for telco and smartphones
- ZTE for telco
- VIVO, OPPO, Xiaomi - for smartphones
- Lenovo for laptops
- BYD new energy cars and buses, batteries
- DJI for drones
- Sany for heavy machinery
- ZPMC for port machines
- XCMG for cranes
- Yutong for buses and coaches
- CRRC for railway locomotives
- Alibaba, Tencent for different internet products
- Haier for white goods (owns GE Consumer Electronics, Fisher & Paykel)
- Midea (owns Kuka, German manufacturer of industrial robots & factory automation)

- Gree for residential air-conditioner
- COSCO owns and operates the world's largest tanker fleet (both by tonnage and by ship count)


And the scary thing is that I have missed many more. This is not the complete list.
 
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