China sees global eco risks in 2013

I think it is urgent. Time is limited, Zhu said.

Chinese leaders have repeatedly pledged to help solve Europe's debt crisis, which has dented demand for Chinese exports and weighed on its economy.

Wu Xiaoling, a senior lawmaker and former vice central bank chief, said China faces rising trade protectionism as the global economy struggles.

We need more trade to help the recovery from the (global) crisis, but trade protectionism is on the rise and nationalism is on the rise, she said.

She said that China's must press ahead with market-based economic reforms and political reforms to help sustain long-term economic growth.

Economists say the seven-quarter long cyclical downturn in China's growth ended in the third quarter, when growth dipped to 7.4 percent year-on-year. A tepid rebound to 7.7 percent is anticipated in the fourth quarter but full-year growth remains on course for its slowest year since 1999.

Jin Liqun, chairman of the supervisory board of the country's $482 billion China Investment Corporation sovereign wealth fund, said integration of the global economy meant that China had to remain on its guard.

We should be prepared for surprises, Jin said.

He said downside risks to U.S. growth from the fiscal cliff could cap expansion of the world's biggest economy at just 1.6 percent in 2013 and that the failure of the European Union to deal with its debt crisis was damaging for the world.

The current strategy is leading us up a blind alley, Jin said of efforts so far by European policymakers to solve

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