China's GDP grows 6.3 pct in H1

Aerial photo taken on July 9, 2019 shows vehicles at a storehouse of FAW-Volkswagen in Changchun, capital city of northeast China's Jilin Province. China's GDP expanded 6.3 percent year on year in the first half of 2019 to about 45.09 trillion yuan (about 6.6 trillion U.S. dollars), data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday. The growth was in line with the government's annual target of 6-6.5 percent set for 2019. In the second quarter, the country's GDP rose 6.2 percent year on year, lower than 6.4 percent in the first quarter, according to the data. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)