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Avoiding a Hard Landing in China, Markus Rodlauder

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307 Avoiding a Hard Landing in China

August 07, 2014

Construction of a bridge in southwest China. Many local governments reply on borrowing and real estate revenue to finance their spending, says Rodlauer (photo: Paul Souders/Corbis).

Chinese economic growth has been slowing in recent years. If the world’s second largest economy is to achieve sustainable, long-term growth, it needs reforms to shadow banking, local government finances and the real estate sector, say IMF economists.

Markus Rodlauer, IMF mission chief for China

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