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20130113 China Daily Chinas economy to gather steam in 2013  HYPERLINK /business/local_beijing.html BEIJING?-- Official data suggests Chinas economy will pick up in 2013, as the global economy is stabilizing and government measures and reforms have come into play, analysts said. The government announced Thursday that exports gained 14.1 percent in December from one year earlier, up from Novembers unexpectedly weak 2.9-percent rise. The value of imports rose 6 percent? HYPERLINK /business/2006-09/27/content_697902.htm year on year?last month, improving from November, when there was no growth. Combined with other strengthening indicators revealed last month, including? HYPERLINK /business/industrial-profit.htm industrial profits?and output figures for November and a preliminary HSBC reading on Decembers manufacturing activity, the figures have made many hopeful for an economic turnaround. Chinas import volume recovered in O HYPERLINK /bizchina/2006-09/27/content_698091.htm ctober and remained robust through the fourth quarter, indicative of a further recovery of quarter-on-quarter? HYPERLINK /business/2006-09/27/content_697807.htm GDP?growth, said Royal Bank of Scotlands chief China economist Louis Kuijs. The countrys economic growth is likely to accelerate to 8.5 percent this year from around 7.8 percent in 2012, said Lian Ping, chief economist at the Bank of Communications. A slight improvement in the world economy will contribute to mildly stronger growth in exports this year, as the financial situation in the EU is expected to stabilize, while the US and emerging markets will recover somewhat, Lian said. The economy will grow briskly in 2013 if we look at the infrastructure projects fast-tracked by the government in recent months and the momentum of economic reforms, he said. The government sped up approvals for the? HYPERLINK /category.shtml?cate=con construction?of new highways, ports, railways and sewage networks in the second half of 2012, wi