Confidence among Chinese entrepreneurs has picked up for the second quarter running, according to the country's central bank.据中国人民银行表示，由于第二季度经济走势影响，中国企业家信心得以重振。People's Bank of China surveys showed the business confidence index rising to 51.2% in the third quarter. That was 2.2 percentage points higher than in the second quarter.据中国人民银行调查显示，第三季度企业家信心指数上升到了51.2%。这一数字较第二季度提高了2.2个百分点。China's factory output and retail sales grew faster than expected in August, on the back of a strong housing market and government infrastructure spending.8月份，凭借强劲的房地产市场以及政府基础设施建设投资的增长，中国工业产出和零售额都要比预期增长更快。The world's second largest economy has lost some of its momentum during this year, as it has entered a period of readjustment.由于中国进入了调整期，这个世界第二大经济体今年增长势头有所放缓。China is looking to transform its economy away from factories and exports towards domestic consumption.中国正在寻求经济从工业和出口转向刺激国内消费。

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects China's GDP to grow by 6.6% this year, close to the low end of China's own official forecast of between 6.5% to 7%. That will come after decades of near double-digit growth.国际货币基金组织预计今年中国GDP增长率将达到6.6%，接近中国官方预测（6.5%-7%）的下限。而在过去的几十年里，中国一直保持着近两位数的经济增长率。Meanwhile, a separate central bank survey showed a bankers' confidence index rising to 46.5% in the third quarter, 2.8 percentage points higher than in the April to June period.与此同时，中国央行的另外一份调查显示，第三季度银行信心指数上涨到了46.5%，较第二季度上涨了2.8个百分点。The survey showed one in five bankers believed monetary policy would be relatively loose in the fourth quarter of this year.这一调查显示，20%的银行认为今年第四季度将会执行相对宽松的货币政策。The People's Bank of China has reduced interest rates six times in 22 months, and and also cut the amount of cash banks must keep in reserve.在过去的22个月里，中国人民银行已经6次降低了利率，同时也削减了商业银行的储备金规模。And a third survey issued by the central bank at the weekend showed that 53.7% of households believed housing costs were "unacceptably high", up 0.3 percentage points from the second quarter.而据中国央行上周末发布的第三份调查报告显示，53.7%的家庭认为住房成本“太高”，这一数字较第二季度增长了0.3个百分点。