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    China experiences greatest growth in decade - 8.1pc in 2021

    来源:shippingazette    编辑:编辑部    发布:2022/01/21 09:44:00

    CHINA's economy in 2021 experienced its greatest growth in 10 years, bouncing back from a Covid-stricken 2020, reports Reuters.

    The growth was boosted by robust exports, but a property slump and weakening consumption indicate a slowing in momentum and the need for increased state support.

    The economy grew 8.1 per cent last year - its best expansion since 2011 - and faster than a forecast eight per cent. The pace was well over a government target of "above six per cent" and 2020's revised growth of 2.2 per cent. The economy recorded its weakest growth in 44 years in 2020, but staged a faster recovery than other major economies.

    Growth in the fourth quarter of 2021 hit a one-and-a-half-year low, government data showed shortly after the central bank moved to prop up the economy with a cut to a key lending rate for the first time since early 2020.

    The world's second-largest economy is struggling with a rapidly cooling property sector, as well as sporadic small-scale Covid outbreaks that could deal a blow to its factories and supply chains.