China's GDP grows 6.2 pct in first three quarters

BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's GDP expanded 6.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2019 to about 69.78 trillion yuan (about 9.87 trillion U.S. dollars), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Friday.

In the third quarter, the country's GDP rose 6 percent year on year, according to the NBS data.