Growth forecast to exceed 7% in 2013 (4)

Nomura's Zhang said: "China will play an important role in driving global economic growth in 2013."

According to the survey of Chinese economists, nearly 30 percent said global economic expansion will be less than 3 percent, while only 8 percent were optimistic enough to put their estimate higher than 4 percent.

Supported by expectations that the United States will continue adopting quantitative easing measures, two thirds of the economists surveyed said the US economy will expand by more than 2 percent next year.

Although most of the economists surveyed — 70 percent — said the eurozone debt crisis will ease next year, more than 80 percent said economic growth in the eurozone would be below 1 percent.