China will see the start of a new growth cycle this year, with GDP growing by 8.5 percent, so long as it remains committed to economic reform, a report by the Bank of Communications Ltd said on Tuesday.

 

"Improved total factory productivity spurred by overall reform of the economic mechanism will guarantee a 7 to 8 percent growth rate for China in the next 20 years. 

 

Without such reform, it will drop to 4 percent," said Tang Jianwei, senior economist at the bank.

 

He said the nation's economic growth will slow to between 5 and 6 percent if this reform is carried out in several sectors instead of the entire economy.

 

The report said that, supported by an investment stimulus as the new government takes over, along with a recovery in exports and stable growth in consumption, the economy will grow faster this year than in 2012.

 

"Growth rate in the first and last quarters will be relatively lower compared with the second and third quarters," it said.

 

China saw gross domestic product growth of 7.8 percent in 2012, a 13-year low and down from 9.3 percent in 2011, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics last week.

 

Tang said: "The government's fiscal deficit will be broadened to 1.2 trillion yuan ($190 billion) from last year's 800 billion yuan to support economic growth."

 

The report said that this year the economy might face overheating risks again, as pressure increases from inflation, rising housing prices, capital inflows and currency appreciation.

 

Fixed-asset investment will increase by 23 percent, faster than last year's 20.6 percent, while new yuan loans throughout the year will range between 9 and 9.5 trillion yuan, it said. 

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