More from IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath speaking from Beijing:

  • China should continue with economic reforms to boost productivity, level the playing field among all types of firms
  • Create a good business environment that is market orientated and law-based
  • IMF research shows over a 15 year period, with good reforms, China's GDP could be 18% higher
  • Continue to see need for re-orientating fiscal policy towards more consumption

Earlier from the IMF:

Gopinath sounds encouraged, and encouraging on China, but has a realistic expectation, adding:

  • Have to wait and see what china's new potential long-term strategy could actually deliver
  • Economy-wide level growth will require a strengthening of all parts of the economy
IMF's Gopinath
IMF's Gopinath