Chapter 2Succeeding in ChinaOpportunities and Challenges

There is near consensus that China's economy has entered a new phase. The era of double-digit economic growth is over. The IMF projects that the country's economy will grow by 7.6 percent in 2013 and 7.3 percent in 2014. During the following ten to fifteen years, the growth rate is more likely to average around 6 percent.1

For an economy of China's size and current stage of economic development, a 5- to 6-percent sustained growth rate would still be very robust. By all accounts, China is on course to overtake the United States and become the world's largest economy by 2025. This means that, for the foreseeable future, China will remain one of the most attractive markets for the world's ...

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