China's economy is expected to grow at an annual 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter and post overall growth of 6.7 percent for the full year, the China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) said.
The predictions by CASS, a top think-tank that advises the government, were published by the official Shanghai Securities Journal newspaper on Wednesday, and were line with the government's own full-year forecasts of 6.5-7 percent growth.
"Economic growth in the fourth quarter is likely to fall slightly but within a normal and stable range," the newspaper quoted Wang Hongju, a senior researcher at CASS, as saying.
