In the first three quarters of the year, gross domestic product (GDP) hit 48.78 trillion yuan ($7.68 trillion), up 6.9 percent year on year, Xinhua news agency cited NBS data as showing.
During the first nine months, industrial output grew 6.2 percent year on year and fixed-asset investment climbed 10.3 percent. Property investment grew 2.6 percent year on year, while retail sales of consumer goods rose 10.5 percent.