Fan Jianping, chief economist at the State Information Centre, told the official China Securities Journal:

  • Short term policies could stabilise China's slowing economy in H2
  • Beijing should foster new sectors and innovation for growth to make a lasting recovery
  • China's growth trajectory will be "L" shaped, rather than "V" shaped
  • Difficult to predict when the will rebound

Via Reuters

That all sounds to me like a very knowledgeable, authoritative shoulder shrug ....