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Beijing: The World Bank trimmed its 2008 growth forecast for China to 9.4 percent from 9.6 percent, but said it should be robust enough to help drive the global economy as the United States and other industrialized countries slowed.
Export growth weakened in late 2007 due to lower global demand but Chinese consumer spending rose, the bank said.
Beijing’s growth rate for 2007 was 11.4 percent.
Analysts expect growing Chinese imports and consumer sales to help drive the global economy but warn China alone cannot fill the gap.
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