Cloud of slower growth has green lining

Leaders see slump as chance to clean economy

Now that the country can tolerate slower growth and has completed its once-a-decade leadership shuffle, China has an opportunity to promote a greener development.

The nation has set a target of 7.5 percent for growth in 2013. Slower growth is believed to create a chance to optimize China's energy and resource mix in favor of a more efficient, low-carbon model.