China's GDP grows 6.3 pct in H1

BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- China's GDP expanded 6.3 percent year on year in the first half of 2019 to about 45.09 trillion yuan (about 6.56 trillion U.S. dollars), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

In the second quarter, the country's GDP rose 6.2 percent year on year, lower from 6.4 percent in the first quarter, according to NBS data.