3rd LD-Writethru-Xinhua Headlines: China's economy maintains stable expansion in H1 despite challenges
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- China's economy maintained stable expansion in the first half of 2024 despite rising challenges from home and abroad, official data showed Monday.
The country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5 percent year on year in the period to 61.68 trillion yuan (about 8.65 trillion U.S. dollars), according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In the second quarter, China's GDP expand