China

2009 growth: 47.01%
Decline from 52-week high: -26.30%

The Shanghai Composite Index, the benchmark for the Chinese domestic market, rose six-fold in just over two years, starting in mid-2005, before a yearlong drop starting in late 2007 that left it about 70 per cent lower. It is up 52 per cent in 2009,

China's 2009 real GDP is seen to grow by just 6.5 per cent. Growth will recover in 2010, but only to 7.3 per cent.

The economy will be supported by a rapid expansion of government infrastructure spending and policies to revive housing investment.

The outlook for exports is poor, but falling commodity prices will also depress imports.