EconomyChina 2020 GDP to slow to 3.3%, lowest since 1976: survey
1Q likely shrank 3.7% as coronavirus drags down world's second-largest economy
How quickly growth rebounds is crucial for President Xi Jinping to achieve Communist Party's goal of doubling GDP by 2020 compared with 2010. (Source photo by Reuters)
TAKESHI KIHARA, Nikkei staff writer
HONG KONG -- China's economy likely contracted by 3.7% in January-March quarter and will slow to 3.3% growth for all of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll, according to the consensus forecast of economists survey by Nikkei and Nikkei Quick News.