China News Client April 17 (Li Jinlei) GDP in the first quarter fell 6.8% year-on-year. Mao Shengyong, a spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics, said on the 17th that the economic indicators in March were significantly better than those in January and February. This momentum of improvement can be continued. Obviously better than the first quarter. With the global epidemic gradually under control, the economy is expected to be significantly better in the second half of the year than in the first half.