The World Bank raised on Thursday its forecast for China's economic growth in 2024 and 2025, but warned that subdued household and business confidence, along with headwinds in the property sector, would keep weighing it down next year.

The World Bank has recently updated its economic forecasts for China, raising the projected GDP growth for 2024 and 2025. The World Bank now expects China's GDP to grow by 4.9% in 2024, up from its June forecast of 4.

The World Bank lifted on Thursday its forecast for China's economic growth this year and next but warned that subdued household and

The World Bank has revised up China's real GDP growth for this year and next to 4.9 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively, while underlining the necessity of ramping up structural reforms alongside stimulus measures to reinvigorate growth.

China revised upwards its 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) by 2.7 percent to 129.4 trillion yuan (US$17.73 trillion), a top statistics official said on Thursday, while the World Bank raised its forecast for China's economic growth in 2024 and 2025.

China revised upwards on Thursday the size of its economy by 2.7%, but said the change would have little impact on growth this year, as policymakers pledged more stimulus to spur expansion in 2025. Policy support late this year has set the world's second-largest economy on track for a growth target of "around 5%" as activity warmed slightly,