EU a big external challenge to China

The experts made the comments after the Chinese government released economic figures on Friday.

“Weakness in developed markets, especially the EU, will remain a major challenge,” said Duncan Freeman, researcher of Brussels International Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies.

Freeman said domestically the biggest challenge will be pushing forward a clear reform agenda in order to create long-term sustainability for the economy.

Rainer Gehnen, general manager of the German-Chinese Business Association in Cologne, said that externally China will remain strongly dependant on the overall economic and financial developments in the EU and U.S.

“China is asked to help where it can. However, the major homework is to be done by the governments in Washington and the European capitals,” said Gehnen, adding that they must reset a sustainable global banking and financial system and must end their policies of high deficit spending which puts too much burden on future generations.

Both Freeman and Gehnen said China's performance was strong in 2012, in the context of the economic problems in the developed world.

Freeman said one problem is that China will continue to have a significant level of dependence on external markets, although this has been declining in recent years as a result of the collapse in demand in the developed markets.

“The structural shift to domestic consumption will remain a key long-term policy challenge. Investment remains a problem in the Chinese economy,” said Freeman.

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