China's economy got off to a rosy start in the first quarter, with gross domestic product (GDP) growing at 6.9% year-on-year, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last Monday.
国家统计局上周一表示，一季度我国经济开局良好，国内生产总值(GDP)同比增长6.9%。
This beat previous market expectations of 6.8% and came well above the annual growth target of around 6.5% set in this year's government work report.这一数字超出了此前6.8%的市场预期，且远高于今年政府工作报告中所制定的6.5%左右的年度增长目标。GDP growth in the first three months remained steady at 0.2 percentage point higher than a year ago, showing a stabilizing trend in the economy, analysts said.分析人士称，一季度GDP增速持稳，较一年前增长了0.2个百分点，这表明经济走势趋稳。Although consumption growth dropped slightly, an uptick in infrastructure investment and a higher export growth have contributed to the stable growth.
虽然一季度消费增速略微下降，基建投资上涨和更高的出口增速促使经济稳步增长。Improvement in industrial production is also a major contributor to the stable growth in the first quarter, according to the NBS.统计局称，工业生产出现改善也是一季度经济稳步增长的主要原因。Analysts predicted the economy will continue to grow in a stable manner in the second quarter, despite some unfavorable factors.分析人士预计，尽管存在一些不利因素，二季度经济将继续稳步增长。