"According to preliminary estimates, China's GDP in annual terms in the first three quarters of 2020 was 72.278 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.7% over the same period last year," the report said.

At the same time, in the third quarter, the PRC's GDP grew by 4.9%.

In July, it was reported that China's GDP in the first six months of the year fell by 1.6%.