"While we anticipated some challenges in key emerging markets, we did not foresee the magnitude of the economic deceleration, particularly in Greater China," Cook wrote.

"We don't see any real structural issue with Amazon but nearly every line in the business is decelerating a tad and we typically see another deceleration in retail in 4Q, hence are struggling to identify a catalyst," Barclays analyst Ross Sandler said.

Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft all continued growth in cloud services but with signs of deceleration.

The primary triggers for rate reductions are economic deceleration and controlled inflation, potentially resulting in weaker external demand from the United States and Europe.

With the continuous slower growth seen in the third and fourth quarters, and a growth rate of 4 percent in the fourth quarter, the uptrend of the first quarter is under relatively heavy pressure, and it will be difficult to fundamentally reverse the trend of economic deceleration in growth.

However, the growth of the world's second-largest economy slowed to 4 percent in the fourth quarter of last year－a substantial deceleration from 4.9 percent in the third quarter, with many economists expecting that downward pressure will persist this year.

Policymakers need to avoid setting the growth target so low that the market frets over a sharp economic deceleration while shunning a target that is too aggressive to achieve, Hu said.

Growth should be innovation driven, balanced, green, open and inclusiveThe focus for China's top policymakers will be pushing high-quality development and deepening structural reforms while preventing substantial deceleration of GDP growth and addressing risks in the financial and property sectors, analysts said.

It appears that policymakers will use every possible tool to avoid further deceleration of GDP growth.

The deceleration was mainly attributable to a marginal decline in new market orders, the first fall in 14 months, as some surveyed businesses said higher product prices have dampened customer demand, the report said.

Economists said the growth deceleration was due to the higher base in the second quarter of last year as the Chinese economy rebounded strongly from a historic contraction of 6.8 percent in the first quarter of 2020 when business activities were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to parking, Level 2 functions include acceleration or deceleration based on traffic flow, lane departure warnings and autonomous emergency braking systems.

The deceleration of listed property developers' sales growth is a result of China's regulations on the property market, Zhang added.

China saw a deceleration in the growth of total mobile internet users in the first half of 2018, as the market is becoming saturated and is in urgent need of industry upgrades, according to a report.

"Complainants report that the rapid deceleration can occur without warning, and often repeatedly during a single drive cycle," the agency said.

In breakdown, once-popular sport utility vehicles saw falling sales for a third consecutive month, with a 8.5 percent deceleration to 717,000 units in August, according to CPCA.

These driverless trucks can quickly identify containers and mechanical equipment, automatically make driving behaviors such as deceleration, braking, turns, detours and stops, and accurately provide the optimal route to drive into the designated area.

Last year saw major contractions and a deceleration in growth rates of healthcare firms.

The third-quarter monetary policy report, released by the People's Bank of China on Wednesday, cautioned against any potential rise in inflationary pressure going forward, although there has been a recent deceleration in price growth.

With monetary tightening in the United States expected to slow down, China is likely to have greater room for monetary easing and witness a softer deceleration in external demand, helping the nation to achieve stable full-year economic growth of above 4 percent, experts said on Thursday.

"With the deceleration in economic growth, policy support is still needed.

As the central bank tries to avoid the excessive deceleration of the economic growth, China may see lower interest rates in the long run and therefore provide a solid foundation for bond markets.

The research attributed the third quarter's economic slowdown to depressed credit growth, as the purchasing power of the government and the housing sector has been weakened due to a deceleration of borrowing, it said.

Asia's emerging and frontier market economies are likely to experience the sharpest deceleration in 2019, with likely median GDP growth rates of 5.5 percent and 5.2 percent respectively.

Tighter review process slowing approvals for public offeringsA total of 360 healthcare enterprises in the Chinese mainland have seen their IPO plans approved to date, with seven more companies joining the list in the first half of 2018, a slight deceleration, according to a report.

From Jan 1 to July 31, 2018, only seven enterprises in the healthcare industry saw their IPO proposals approved, raising 14.4 billion yuan, marking a slight deceleration on previous periods.

Looking into next year and beyond, analysts said the resilience of the Chinese economy, the earnings prospects of Chinese companies, and the government's ability to manage growth deceleration and credit risks will mean the country will continue to offer opportunities for investors.

And we remain confident that China will have this orderly deceleration," Lacaille said.

However, the leading housing investment, and housing prices, indicate that the property sector is likely to experience a deceleration in the second half of this year.

BEIJING — A notable deceleration of China's credit expansion indicates a more prudent monetary policy stance enabling it to address inflating asset bubbles, according to a recent report by China International Capital Corp. (CICC).

"The smooth deceleration of M2 growth signals the implementation of the 'prudent and neutral' monetary policy and strengthened government supervision over the mounting leverage among financial institutions," said Ruan.