An exhibitor demonstrates a robot to visitors during the first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Asia in Shanghai on May 25. China is focusing more on domestic consumption, high technology and innovation as it looks to wean itself off exports and state-led investment growth. Photo: AFP An exhibitor demonstrates a robot to visitors during the first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Asia in Shanghai on May 25. China is focusing more on domestic consumption, high technology and innovation as it looks to wean itself off exports and state-led investment growth. Photo: AFP
An exhibitor demonstrates a robot to visitors during the first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Asia in Shanghai on May 25. China is focusing more on domestic consumption, high technology and innovation as it looks to wean itself off exports and state-led investment growth. Photo: AFP
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Great economic leap forward: China prepares for shift to market- and consumer-based economy

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Updated: 10:36pm, 13 Oct, 2015

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An exhibitor demonstrates a robot to visitors during the first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Asia in Shanghai on May 25. China is focusing more on domestic consumption, high technology and innovation as it looks to wean itself off exports and state-led investment growth. Photo: AFP An exhibitor demonstrates a robot to visitors during the first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Asia in Shanghai on May 25. China is focusing more on domestic consumption, high technology and innovation as it looks to wean itself off exports and state-led investment growth. Photo: AFP
An exhibitor demonstrates a robot to visitors during the first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Asia in Shanghai on May 25. China is focusing more on domestic consumption, high technology and innovation as it looks to wean itself off exports and state-led investment growth. Photo: AFP
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