In the following, we respond to the top 10 questions on China’s future growth, the prospects
for inflation, the government’s policy response, and the outlook for the renminbi, asked by
institutional investors whom we met with recently in London. We also provide a
video version covering the main points in the form of Chief China Economist Qu Hongbin’s
recent interview with Bronwyn Curtis, Head of Global Research at HSBC. For more detailed
views on China’s growth outlook, the government’s policy, and the renminbi outlook,
please read our recent reports: China Economic Spotlight: Recovery to sustain into 2010;
raising GDP forecasts (16 July 2009), China Economic Spotlight: What’s the best exit
strategy (5 August 2009), and From greenbacks to “redbacks”: China kick-starts plan to
internationalise the renminbi (6 July 2009).