The U.S. and India will be the second and third-biggest contributors to global growth in the period, according to the IMF, with Japan and Germany rounding out the top five
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday defended the government's target for more than 6% economic growth this year
GDP rises 6.5% in fourth quarter, even as other big economies struggle
In the local currency, the GDP exceeded 100-trillion-yuan ($15.42 trillion) threshold to 101.5986 trillion yuan
The gross domestic product (GDP) growth was faster than the 6.1% forecast by economists in a Reuters poll, and followed 4.9% growth in the third quarter
The official manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) rose to 51.1 in July from June's 50.9, official data showed on Friday
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There signs that consumer confidence in China is gradually improving, says Reuters poll of economists.
China has decided not to set goals on the GDP growth in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Government Work Report as stated by The Global Times
Citing data discrepancies, the Wuhan municipal headquarters on Friday revised the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases and deaths
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The world's second-largest economy shrank 6.8% from a year ago in the three months ending in March after factories, shops and travel were closed to contain the infection, official data showed.
That is a sharp easing from a 6.1% gain in 2019, and is below the 5.4% growth forecast in the March poll
Goldman said it did not expect GDP to return to the pre-virus trend until the third quarter.
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Next year will be crucial for the ruling Communist Party to fulfill its goal of doubling gross domestic product (GDP) and incomes in the decade to 2020
Beijing has stepped up support for the economy with major tax and rate cuts and has scrapped foreign investment restrictions in its stock market
China's trade surplus also dropped sharply in August to $34.83 billion
The trade war with the US has hit China's economy, compounding a global slowdown
The world's second-largest economy's third quarter growth was the weakest year-on-year expansion since 2009 global financial crisis