China's GDP expected 8.5% growth - NBS
( 2003-10-17 21:46) (Xinhua)
China's gross domestic product ( GDP) is expected to grow 8.5 percent this
year, said Qiu Xiaohua, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics
(NBS) at a press conference here Friday.
Qiu said the GDP for the first three quarters totaled 7.9 trillion yuan
(about 956.6 billion US dollars), up 8.5 percent, indicating that the economy
has cast off the impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and
resumed fast growth.
He said the industry completed a total added value of 2.88 trillion yuan
(about 350 billion US dollars) in the first three quarters, increasing by 16.5
percent year-on-year.
Exports and imports totaled 606.3 billion US dollars, up 36.2 percent and
foreign direct investment (FDI) in use totaled 40.2 billion US dollars, up 11.9
percent.
The retail volume of consumer goods totaled 3.27 trillion yuan (about 395
billion US dollars) in the first three quarters, showing an increase of 8.6
percent.
Discretionary income of urban citizens increased to 6,347 yuan (about 774 US
dollars), up 9 percent and farmers' income reached 1, 802 yuan (about 220 US
dollars), up 3.8 percent.
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