News Analysis: Chinese economy on track for full-year targets

BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Economic data for the first three quarters of this year indicate that the Chinese government's policies to boost the economy have been effective, exemplified by notable progress in industrial transformation and upgrading. With greater efforts, the world's second-largest economy is on track to achieve its full-year targets.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China's