China Growth Rate

Industrial production grew 6.3% in June from a year earlier, picking up from May's 17-year low of 5.0%

The economy expanded by 6.7 per cent in April-June, down from 6.8 per cent in the first quarter and in line with a 6.7 per cent rate tipped in an AFP survey of economists

Consumption, which accounted for almost 80% of economic growth in the first quarter, played a significant role in supporting the economy even as risks grew for Chinese exporters

GDP will reach 80 trillion yuan ($12.2 trillion) by year end, Han Wenxiu, deputy head of the State Council research office, said in a recent article in the official Economic Daily

If growth does beat last year's 6.7%- the lowest in 26 years - it would mark the first acceleration in the growth rate in seven years