A new study suggests China's contribution to global growth is underestimated, with its investment scale potentially far exceeding that of the US. The report also predicts the yuan will emerge as a fundamentally strong global currency.

China’s contribution to global growth is underestimated while the yuan is positioned to emerge as a fundamentally strong global currency, according to a new study from a prominent Beijing-based think tank. Researchers from the China Finance 40 Forum (CF40) – comprising senior regulators and financial experts – said the country’s investment scale could be as much as 3.4 times that of the United States when measured by the volume of physical investment. The analysis, published in a note on Sunday,...