But unpredictable factors at home and abroad could keep growth at this year's level, economists say
Yang Qian, a retired woman in South China's Guangdong province, started a new hobby after spending 22,000 yuan ($3,600; 2,660 euros) to buy into Yu'E Bao, a fund product co-developed by Alipay, the online payments provider arm of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, and Tian Hong Asset Management Co.
Guangdong, Hong Kong and Shanghai are ranked as the top three e-retail export hubs in China, says a report released on November 27 by eBay Inc.
After a winding 40-minute drive along a zigzag country road, you climb through a lane lined with osmanthus bushes that give off a sweet scent, and finally reach the green-tea plantation of Jin Linsheng, glistening with morning dew and embroidered with thousands of spider webs.
Europe got its frist organic green tea because of a novel mistake
"The government should stop investments, loans and preferential policies for land and taxes for industries with overcapacity."
A spectacular bright yellow blanket of rapeseed flowers stretches to the horizon in spring; clear creeks offer water activities in summer; the mountains are cloaked in red leaves in autumn and folk custom events are all the go in winter.
Chinese manufacturers and investors see South Africa as a ticket to the continent and both sides are broadening links to help rebalance trade ties.
Chinese companies are spearheading operations in Ethiopia's grand plan to create a nationwide rail network for the 21st century.
By lifting the one-year freeze on initial public offerings, China has signaled that it is well on track for listing reforms that seek to give more power to investors, experts say.
Central bank aims to promote market liberalization through free trade zone