date:Feb 05, 2013
ar New Year starts on Sunday, later compared with a year earlier.
Lu said exports may jump 18.5 percent last month, stronger than December's 14.5-percent growth. Imports may surge 30 percent in January, also better than 6 percent a month earlier.
Analysts said the economy may gain 8.3 percent in the first quarter of this year, exceeding the 7.9 percent growth in the final three months last year which ended a seven-quarter slowdown.