Chinanews client, Beijing, July 15 (Reporter Li Jinlei) On July 15, the National Bureau of Statistics announced China's economic data for the first half of the year.
According to preliminary calculations, the gross domestic product in the first half of the year was 5,32167 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.7% at comparable prices, a decrease of 5.6 percentage points from the first quarter; an average growth rate of 5.3% over the two years, and an average growth rate of 0.3 percentage points faster than the first quarter.
In terms of quarters, the first quarter increased by 18.3% year-on-year, and the two-year average growth was 5.0%; the second quarter increased by 7.9%, and the two-year average growth was 5.5%.
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