When the board's economists ran the global forecast, the biggest surprise was the throttling back in China's growth rate, said Bart van Ark, the board's chief economist.

世界大型企业联合会首席经济学家范阿尔克(Bart van Ark)称，该会的经济学家在进行全球预测的时候，最大的意外是中国增长速度将回落。

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Even so, it may be surprisingly strong for a while, says Bart van Ark of the Conference Board.

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Bart van Ark, executive director for economic research at The Conference Board, says Latin America still needs to develop more labor-oriented industries to complement the capital-intensive telecom and mining sectors.

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