The Chinese economy may have entered its current bleak state as long-term and short-term dynamics coalesced.
The economic downturn provides the chance to take stock, and one need is for China to undertake the reform of its State-owned monopolies.
China has yet to unlock the full potential of its population, a development that could translate into further industrialization and urbanization that would sustain another 20 years of robust growth, a high-profile trade expert said on Tuesday.
Since China put forward the "going global" strategy at the end of the 1990s, its outward foreign direct investment has risen rapidly, and Europe is one place that has attracted a great deal of that investment.
One result of these hefty export losses was that businesses began to realize that just as there can be economic sunshine, there can also be economic rain.
China has surpassed the US to become the world's largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the first six months of the year.
China's National Bureau of Statistics reported last week that the economy rebounded in September.
Economic experts suggest that although some caution remains, the overriding message is one of optimism, and the current stability will continue into the strong fourth quarter and economic momentum into 2013.
As the world continues to hear a lot these days about China's economic slowdown, where does the country's best way out of its current difficulties lie?
China's room for growth in domestic consumption can be "tremendous" even though its economic growth has seen a continuous slowdown in the last few years.
Some analysts say the Chinese economy could grow stronger by the year's end.
The government's estimates about the economic slowdown may be more optimistic than merited by the real situation. The government's unclear and weak policy adjustment may have delayed the economic rebound.