Chinese Economists’ Confidence Survey Economic Growth Was Expected to Be Slower and the Inflationary Pressure Was Still Quite High

As shown in the results of 100 Chinese Economists’ Confi- dence Survey,conducted by China’s Economic Monitoring and Analy- sis Center,National Bureau of Statistics,the confidence index of the economists in the second quarter of 2008 was 4.55 in the range of the values between 1 and 9.The survey indicated that,under the influence of the major factors such as the worsened international economic situations,the evident decline of the demand for export and the quite big inflationary pressure,etc,the economists had shown evidently deeper concem over the economic trend.