Experts optimistic about China's economic growth   

境内外多家机构预测2013年中国经济增速过“8”

新年伊始，各方开始猜想2013年中国经济的增速。截至目前，境内外机构对2013年的中国经济增长普遍持看好态度，不少专家表示中国经济增速2013年将会回到8%以上区间。

Beijing (CNS) -- Think tanks in China and abroad predict that China's economic growth will be at least 8 percent this year.

China's Academy of Social Sciences said the country's gross domestic product will increase by 8.2 percent and its consumer price index will grow by 3 percent.

The Development Research Center under the State Council and the State Information Center both agreed that China's economy will grow by more than 8 percent this year.

The World Bank raised its 2013 economic growth forecast for China to 8.4 percent, citing the government's fiscal stimulus plans and faster approval of large investment projects.

Tim Condon, chief Asia economist at ING Financial Markets, forecast a growth of 9 percent.

The upbeat assessment has been stoked by the tone of the central economic work conference, which proposed improving the quality and efficiency of economic growth while maintaining stability.