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China working hard to ensure 鈥榮ix stabilities鈥

Amid complicated international landscape and new changes in China鈥檚 domestic economy, experts around the world believe that the Chinese government has sufficient policy tools to tap its inherent dynamism so as to secure robust and resilient economic growth.

These remarks came following the Chinese government鈥檚 recent proposal of a target to 鈥渟tabilize the employment, finance, foreign trade, foreign investment, investment and expectations,鈥 collectively known as the 鈥渟ix stabilities.鈥

Since the beginning of this year, despite fluctuations of certain economic indicators, the Chinese economy has registered stable growth, with the four major macroeconomic indicators of economic growth, employment, CPI and the international balance of payments basically meeting expectations.

In its latest World Economic Outlook report released last Monday, the International Monetary Fund kept China鈥檚 economic growth forecast unchanged at 6.6 percent.

IMF chief economist Maurice Obstfeld recently said that the Chinese economy saw robust performance in the first half of this year, and that the recent figures which might not be so ideal are still in line with expectations, considering that measures such as strengthening financial supervision and preventing risks would drag down economic growth to a certain degree.

Changyong Rhee, director of the IMF鈥檚 Asia and Pacific department, says the slowdown in growth is a result of the government鈥檚 initiative to deleverage and regulate the economy, which in fact produces a 鈥渉igh-quality鈥 slowdown.

Rhee expressed confidence that the Chinese government has the policy tools to stabilize economic growth and offset negative impacts from the economic and trade frictions with the United States, but meanwhile, deleveraging should forge ahead to ensure more stable and resilient growth in the medium term.

Subhomoy Bhattacharjee, a consultant with the Research and Information System for Developing Countries based in India, said China鈥檚 economy, which has started to shift from high speed growth to medium-high speed growth, has stepped into the deep waters of economic restructuring, where certain suffering and pain are inevitable.

The government embraces change and has a mature and sensible understanding of economic development, as indicated by its economic policy adjustments in recent years, he said, adding these adjustments will benefit China鈥檚 economy in the long run.

Even though the favorable international environment plays a role in China鈥檚 economic success, Bhattacharjee said, its achievements should be mainly attributed to the inner dynamism generated by its domestic policies.


 

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