Fitch Ratings on China (Reuters headlines)

  • China's policy targets to add to imbalances in short term
  • GDP growth target for 2017 was set at "about 6.5%", compared with 6.5%-7.0% growth target for 2016
  • Expect GDP growth to remain strong at 6.3% in 2017
  • Leverage across economy will continue to rise over coming year, although we expect pace of increase to slow
  • Fitch on China says economy currently has "strong momentum"
  • Efforts to keep economy growing at its current pace would build financial risks

(bolding mine)