China's GDP up 7.7 pct in 2013 |
2014-01-22 04:17 |
Last year, gross domestic product (GDP) reached 56.88 trillion yuan (9.31 trillion U.S. dollars). The economy's fourth-quarter growth also stood at 7.7 percent. " The Chinese government defined the "upper and lower limits" of the reasonable range of economic performance in 2013. With a GDP growth rate of 7.5 percent, the "lower limit" is intended to ensure steady expansion and employment, and with the consumer price index at around 3.5 percent, the "upper limit" is meant to prevent inflation. Figures showed that |