Slower But Steady
By Lan Xinzhen
On October 18, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the economic data for the first three quarters of 2019. It showed that the economy grew 6.4 percent in the fi rst quarter, 6.2 percent in the second and 6 percent in the third.
The deceleration may trigger some global concern, since China is the world’s second largest economy and a pillar of free trade. If its economic growth slows down, the global economic growth is bound to be affected.
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However, the worry is needless because despite slowing down, the growth rate is still within a reasonable range, between the 6-6.5 percent target set by the Chinese Government at the beginning of the year, and still one of the highest growth rates in the world and a strong driving force for world economic growth.
If the current economic scenario continues, the Chinese economy will not face heavier downward pressures in the fourth quarter, added to it the positive signs in recent China-U.S. trade negotiations. The NBS assertion that the economy is running smoothly is therefore reliable.
Finally, in the import and export scenario, this year has witnessed declining global economic growth and rising trade protectionism, but China’s foreign trade has still kept a strong momentum. Imports and exports grew by 2.8 percent in the fi rst three quarters. According to the World Trade Organization’s latest statistics, China stood fi rst in terms of global goods trade during the fi rst seven months of the year.
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Three positive factors have been boosting China’s consumption growth. First, Chinese incomes are growing. In the fi rst three quarters, the per-capita disposable income grew at a rate of 6.1 percent, almost at the same pace as economic growth. This year’s positive employment scenario means the per-capita disposable income growth will continue.
Furthermore, the Chinese consumption capacity is growing, due to the improved consumption environment and rising social security.
In the first three quarters, hi-tech investments and social fi eld investments grew at above 13 percent. This has advanced the economy, and so a higher growth rate may be expected in the fourth quarter.
Second, China’s service sector is growing stronger, with service consumption growth surpassing 10 percent, becoming a major force in boosting consumption.
China’s growth rate is still within a reasonable range, between the 6-6.5 percent target set by the Chinese Government at the beginning of the year, and still one of the highest growth rates in the world and a strong driving force for world economic growth
In addition, the fourth quarter expects to see a rebound in infrastructure investments. Faced with a global economic downturn, in order to cope with the domestic economic slowdown, the government has expanded the scale of local special debts and shifted some of next year’s infrastructure projects to the fourth quarter. This will help to stimulate economic growth to some extent.
Third, material consumption is also going up. In the fi rst three quarters, the growth rate of total retail sales of consumer goods registered 8.2 percent, much higher than the economic growth rate. Thanks to the shopping sprees before the New Year and Spring Festival, the fourth quarter always sees the most robust consumption growth.
In the three quarters, consumption’s contribution to economic growth stood at 60.5 percent, playing the most important role.
An example is the investment in 5G, which will start bearing fruit in the fourth quarter.
Regarding investment, in the first three quarters, China’s fixed asset investment grew at 5.4 percent, keeping a stable pace. In the fourth quarter, two factors will help to ensure investment’s contribution to economic growth.
Consumption, investment as well as import and export are the three engines of China’s growth and an analysis of the three showed China’s capability to keep its growth stable.
Statistics showed that the impact of China-U.S. trade friction has mostly affected China-U.S. trade but China’s trade with other partners has continued to increase. In the first three quarters, China-U.S. trade stood at 2.75 trillion yuan ($390 billion), down by 10.3 percent year on year. The U.S. became China’s third largest trading partner, down from second largest.
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However, the import and export volume with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative hit 6.65 trillion yuan ($940 billion), up 9.5 percent over the previous year. It was 6.7 percentage points higher than China’s overall foreign trade growth rate during the same period and accounted for 29 percent of the total volume of imports and exports in this period.
China’s exports and imports with the European Union stood at 3.57 trillion yuan ($510 billion), up by 8.6 percent and accounting for 15.6 percent of the country’s total foreign trade. Its trade volume with ASEAN countries was 3.14 trillion yuan ($440 billion), up by 11.5 percent and making up 13.7 percent of the total. These statistics indicate that the international community’s efforts to safeguard global free trade will not be thwarted by the U.S. anti-globalization measures.
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Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar
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