Xinhua is China's official state news agency

Citing The National Academy of Economic Strategy (to save you Googling that ... they are a part of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), which are the big cheese in research in China)

  • Economy is forecast to grow 6.8% in Q1 this year
  • For H1, prediction is +6.7%, industrial production seen expanding moderately in Q2, investment growing but more slowly
  • sees slightly slower growth, according to the think tank.
    It said policy should work to reduce risks in the property & financial sectors