China the 'most likely' to keep growing

Report suggests that the nation's economic surge is sustainable

BEIJING/HONGKONG - China ranks first among 22 emerging Asian economies as the country most likely to maintain steady and rapid growth over the next five years, according to the Bloomberg Economic Momentum Index for Developing Asia.

China scored 76.2 percent in a ranking of 16 areas, including economic competition, education level, urban migration, high-technology exports and inflation, that measure a country's ability to continue delivering high growth. India was second with a score of 64.1 percent followed by Vietnam at 61.9 percent.