China on track for rapid post-Covid economic recovery in H1 2023, official forecasts

Despite short-term interruptions from reopening, China’s economy will recover quickly in the first half of next year, a senior economic official has forecast.

Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the General Office of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, offered the assessment after Beijing renewed its commitment to get the economy back on track during the annual tone-setting Central Economic Work Conference on Friday.