China reported its first quarterly trade deficit in seven years, but analysts said it will not be repeated in the coming months as tighter monetary policies, introduced to combat inflation, slow import growth.

The growth of China's economy is set to moderate during the next two years as the expansion of investment and exports decelerates but there is "very little risk of a hard landing", the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday.

It's almost a consensus that China is a huge market for insurance companies, but the general manager of Taiping Life Insurance Co Ltd said it's just that wish to gain a big market share in China that prevents the development of many insurance companies.

China is set to maintain an international payment surplus in 2011, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said on its website on April 1.

All African countries view China's increasing economic power as a force for good, a poll showed on Sunday. "All African countries view China's increasing economic power positively," the survey report said.