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China's GDP growth slows down to 10.4 pct in 3rd quarter

2006-10-18 19:55:03 Xinhua English

BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 10.4 percent in the third quarter of 2006, down 0.9 percentage points from the second quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said here Thursday.

"The tendency of the economy growing a little bit too fast has been brought under check," NBS's new spokesperson Li Xiaochao said at a press conference. Enditem

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