China’s Economic Output per Person Forecast to Reach US$3,000 by 2010 – AP

From AP via IHT:

China’s rapid growth should boost annual output per person to US$3,000 by 2010, nearly 3 1/2 times its level of a decade earlier, according to a government report cited Friday by an official news agency.

The estimate by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, or CASS, shows the country quadrupling year 2000 output levels earlier than expected. The official goal was to quadruple per capita gross domestic product by 2020….[Full Text]