The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), in the latest edition of its blue book on the Chinese economy, has stated that China’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to increase by 6.7 percent year on year in 2018, with this growth 0.2 percentage points lower than that recorded in 2017, thereby exceeding the growth target of 6.5 percent for 2018 set by the Chinese government at the beginning of the year.