Analysts expect the Office for the fourth quarter of 2008, email list the largest drop since 1980. The GDP decline was primarily driven by a 4.5% drop in industrial production in December, the largest drop since 1974.
A Reuters poll indicates that the full-year economic contraction in 2009 is expected to be revised down to 1.9% from an initial estimate of 1.8%.
Source: Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of the Chinese Embassy in the UK
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