China says economy could rebound sharply in first-quarter from year earlier

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy could rebound sharply during the first quarter from a year earlier, a spokeswoman for the statistics bureau said on Monday.

Liu Aihua also told reporters at a briefing that there are still imbalances in the economic recovery and that China needs to step up support for consumption.

 

(Reporting by Kevin Yao; writing by Se Young Lee; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)