Companies that had become used to double-digit GDP expansion must make do with 7.5% this year, if the official target is met.
The past 20 years has seen double-digit GDP growth in Tibet, and this has not come at the expense of the environment.
What's more, imports into the vital Chinese market fell a hefty 18% in November, prompting many economists to forecast an end to double-digit GDP growth.
The economy as a whole is forecast to grow by 11.6% this year, its fifth consecutive year of double-digit GDP growth, according to the annual Blue Book economic forecast by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Year after year of double-digit GDP growth allowing China's capital, Beijing, to spend $40 billion hosting the Olympic Games in 2008 in what was an extravagant coming-of-age party.
And although the region has slowed down from double-digit GDP gains in the last decade, it remains a crucial area of economic growth for many large companies.
Although that was a sensational showing, the best in the world, it didn't live up to a widely expected double-digit GDP growth rate because of the U.S.'s economic downturn.
Inflation is running at almost 6%, unemployment is in double digits and GDP is forecast to show a small decline this year.One important factor that is reminiscent of Iceland is that Hungarians have borrowed heavily in foreign currency.
Bo initiated a campaign against organized crime, increased spending on welfare programs, maintained consistent double-digit percentage GDP growth, and campaigned to revive Cultural Revolution-era "red culture".
The Baltic states, despite facing double-digit falls in GDP this year, are striving to limit their budget deficits with a view to adopting the euro as soon as possible.
