China is targeting average annual growth of at least 6.5% over the coming five years. Such rapid growth, which would place China in the top 10% of what has been achieved historically by other countries at its income level, is unlikely to be achieved. Admittedly, China has a history of outperformance but this has come at the expense of structural imbalances which threaten to undermine future growth.
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