China's growth likely to slow to 5.9% in 2020: Survey

Economists' predicted figure would be first below 6% since 1990

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China is projected to achieve the government-set growth target of between 6% and 6.5%, but the slowdown of the world's second-largest economy is likely to continue into the next year. © Reuters

TAKESHI KIHARA, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Leading economists' average forecast for China's GDP growth in 2020 is 5.9%, a survey of experts in the field by Nikkei and Nikkei Quick News has found.

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