China’s economic recovery has positive but limited effect on world economic development, economist Fan Gang said at the China Development Forum 2009.

Fan Gang, director of the National Economics Research Institute of China Reform Foundation, delivers speech at the opening session of the academic summit of China’s Development and Reform in the Global Financial Crisis of China Development Forum 2009 in Beijing, capital of China, Mar. 21, 2009.(Xinhua Photo)

Fan said the country was likely to hit the 8-percent economic growth target this year.

China Development Forum 2009 runs here in Beijing from Saturday to Monday, with the theme of China’s Development and Reform in the Global Financial Crisis.

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