China's Q1 GDP growth slows to 7.7 pct

China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth unexpectedly slowed to 7.7 percent in the first quarter of 2013, down from 7.9 percent during the final quarter of 2012, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday.

The rate was weaker than most market expectations, but still stayed above the 7.5-percent full-year target for 2013 set by the government last month.

According to preliminary statistics, the GDP totaled 11.89 trillion yuan (1.9 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first three months.

"The data has continued a stabilizing growth trend that took shape late last year, showing that the new government does not put pursuing growth as its number-one task," said Wang Jun, an economist at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges.

China's full-year annual growth in 2012 eased to 7.8 percent, its weakest since 1999.

GDP figures headed a string of other data showing that industrial output grew 9.5 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2013, down from the 11.6-percent pace recorded during the same period of last year.

The growth of fixed-asset investment, a measure of government spending on infrastructure, remained unchanged at 20.9 percent during the period compared to a year earlier.

Retail sales, a key indicator of consumer spending, increased 12.4 percent from a year earlier, easing from the 14.8 percent logged in the same period last year.

一季度中國經濟同比增長7.7％

新華網北京４月１５日電（記者雷敏、劉錚）國家統計局１５日發布初步核算數據,一季度中國國內生產總值（ＧＤＰ）為１１８８５５億元,按可比價格計算同比增長７．７％,增速比上季度回落０．２個百分點.

"一季度國民經濟運行開局平穩、穩中有進."國家統計局新聞發言人盛來運１５日在國務院新聞辦公室舉行的新聞發布會上說,一季度經濟增速高于年初預期目標,高于去年二、三季度,屬于平穩增長.

分產業看,一季度中國第一產業增加值為７４２７億元,同比增長３．４％；第二產業增加值５４５６９億元,增長７．８％；第三產業增加值５６８５９億元,增長８．３％.從環比看,一季度ＧＤＰ增長１．６％.

農業生產形勢較好.調查顯示,２０１３年全國稻谷意向種植面積增長１．０％.目前全國冬小麥一、二類苗比例占８７．２％.一季度,豬牛羊禽肉產量為２２８７萬噸,同比增長２．６％,其中豬肉產量１５５４萬噸,增長２．８％.

工業生產增速總體平穩.一季度,全國規模以上工業增加值按可比價格計算同比增長９．５％,增速比上年同期回落２．１個百分點,比上年全年回落０．５個百分點.其中,３月份規模以上工業增加值同比增長８．９％,環比增長０．６６％.

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