Updated: 2007-07-30, 08:56

中国将成为世界第二大经济体

Experts predict China will likely surpass Japan in the coming decade to become the world's second largest economy.

专家称，中国将在未来十年内超过日本，成为世界第二大经济体。

A host of China's influential mainstream economists painted the rosy picture during the weekend at Tianheng Island in East China's Shandong Province.

周末，在中国东部的山东省田横岛（在青岛市），一批有影响的经济学家描绘了这个蓝图。

Experts said the economic outlook was conditional on whether the country could swiftly adjust itself to ever-evolving domestic and global circumstances.

专家们说，这个展望取决于中国是否能够迅速地自我调整，符合不断变化的国际和国内环境。

The members of Beijing-based China Economist 50 Forum gathered to debate the country's "big development topics of strategic importance" in the coming 10 years, ahead of the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China, scheduled for autumn.

中国经济50人论坛的成员开会讨论了未来十年“中国发展的战略问题”，先于计划于秋天召开的中共十七大。

Some experts said they believed that China faced obstacles, including environmental problems and resource constraints, rising labor costs, imbalanced foreign trade, economic restructuring and an incomplete social security network.

有些专家说，他们认为中国面临很多困难，比如：环境问题、资源的限制、劳动力价格上升、外贸的不平衡、经济的重组和不完善的社会保障网络。