China's GDP growth reached 6.8% year-on-year in the first half of this year, beating general market expectations, according to official data released last Monday.
根据上周一公布的官方数据显示,今年上半年,我国国内生产总值(GDP)同比增长6.8%,普遍超出市场预期。
Growth in the second quarter was 6.7%, compared with 6.8% in the first quarter, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
国家统计局发布的这一数据显示,一季度GDP同比增长6.8%,二季度增长6.7%。
Retail sales increased by 9.4% year-on-year in the first half of this year, 0.4 percentage points lower than the first quarter.
上半年,社会消费品零售总额同比增长9.4%,增速比一季度回落0.4个百分点。
The industrial output posted steady growth in the first six months, up by 6.7% year-on-year, 0.1 percentage point lower than the first quarter, the data showed.
该数据显示,上半年,全国规模以上工业增加值稳定增长,同比增长6.7%,增速比一季度回落0.1个百分点。
Fixed-asset investment growth was 6% in the first half of this year, 1.5 percentage points lower than the first quarter.
上半年,全国固定资产投资同比增长6.0%,增速比一季度回落1.5个百分点。
Bureau spokesman Mao Shengyong said the data showed that the country's economic growth remained stable.
国家统计局新闻发言人毛盛勇表示,数据显示国民经济延续总体平稳、稳中向好的发展态势。