The Canadians opened with two points in the first end of the Group D encounter, followed by a steal of two in the second to grab a 4-0 lead.

In the sixth end, they made a double take-out for two points which was enough for China to shake hands with a final score of 12-2.

"We tried to put our best effort on the ice and we put our best effort throughout the week on tonight," said Canada's Dustin Kalthoff.

"I would imagine that’s probably not their best performance seeing as they came in 4-0.

"We are taking it one game at a time, as cliché as that sounds, focusing on one shot at a time, making sure we're looking after all the little elements in our game that we can improve on and just trying to put our best efforts on the ice every time we step on."

New Zealand ensured they will progress beyond the round-robin stage by defeating Belarus 9-5 in Group E.

Joining them will be Finland and the United States after they picked up wins in Group B and Group E respectively. 

Finland edged Germany 9-8 in a close game decided with the last stone, while the US stole single points in each of the first four ends against Belarus before going on to win 8-6.

Poland beat Switzerland 10-4 to secure themselves a Group A tie-breaker with Bulgaria, who overcame Belgium 11-1.

In the same pool, Slovakia scored four points in a dramatic final end against Latvia to win 9-8 and make it four victories from six games.  

Turkey claimed a 9-4 win over Luxembourg to qualify from Group C, while Israel defeated The Netherlands 10-4 to get off the mark in Group E at the fifth time of asking.