Editor's note: Following the National Bureau of Statistics report on Monday about China's economic performance in the first half of the year, Premier Li Keqiang held a meeting to exchange views with some of the nation's leading economists and business leaders. Several other forums were also held to review the state of the economy.

Many issues were touched upon. For instance, in comparison with the near double-digit growth rate of China's GDP two years ago, is the economy growing too slowly? And in contrast with the short-term need to prevent growth from falling too low, are there some more dangerous long-term problems to tackle?

The following are the opinions from some thought leaders that China Daily collected from those forums.