Nation’s Economy Maintains Steady and Rapid Growth in the First Three Quarters

In the first three quarters, the nation’s economy saw a good momentum of steady and rapid growth.1. The nation’s economy registered steady and rapid growth. Preliminary estimates show that, the gross domestic product(GDP) totaled 10627.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 9.4 per cent, or 0.1 percentage point decline from the growth ofa year earlier. Of this total, the primary industry registered a value-added of 1351 billion yuan, up 5.0 per cent. The value-added of secondary industry totaled 6044 billion yuan, up 11.1 per cent, and that of the tertiary industry rose 8.1 per centto 3232.5 billion yuan.