China's GDP up 7.7% in 2013
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China's economic growth scored 7.7 percent in 2013, just above the target of 7.5 percent set at the beginning of the year, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday.
According to NBS website, the gross domestic product (GDP) of China was 56,884.5 billion yuan in 2013, a year-on-year increase of 7.7 percent at comparable prices.
Specifically, the year-on-year growth of the first quarter was 7.7 percent, 7.5 percent for the second quarter, 7.8 percent for the third quarter and 7.7 percent for the fourth quarter.
China's imports and exports were valued at $4,160 billion in 2013, an annual increase of 7.6 percent, said the NBS.
The value added of the primary industry was 5,695.7 billion yuan, up by 4.0 percent; the secondary industry 24,968.4 billion yuan, up by 7.8 percent; and the tertiary industry 26,220.4 billion yuan, up by 8.3 percent. The gross domestic product of the fourth quarter of 2013 went up by 1.8 percent on a quarterly basis. The energy consumption per 10 thousand yuan worth of GDP went down by 3.7 percent in 2013.
The country recorded a trade surplus of $259.75 billion in 2013, according to the bureau.
Xinhua
