The National Bureau of Statistics recently released data. According to preliminary accounting, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the first three quarters was 87026.9 billion yuan, an increase of 3% year-on-year at constant prices, 0.5 percentage points faster than the first half of the year. Statistics show that China's GDP grew 4.8% year-on-year in the first quarter, 0.4% in the second quarter and 3.9% in the third quarter. On a month on month basis, GDP grew by 3.9% in the third quarter. (Liu Xinshe)