AI robots will narrow China's GDP gap with the US, says think tank
In a long-term economic forecast released on Thursday, the Japan Center for Economic Research predicts that by the end of the 2050s, China's real GDP will be 3.5 times the size it was in 2024. The gap between the world's largest and the second-largest economy is forecast to be the smallest in 2057, with China's economy size reaching 89% of the size of the U.S.
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