Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on July 14 hosted a meeting and listened to a report made by the National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC) on economic operation in the first half of this year and the outlook on the second half. In the report, NDRC predicted that Chinese economy would slow down slightly in H2 with the GDP growth rate at 8.6 percent in Q3 and 8.2 percent in Q4. The GDP growth rate for the whole year 2005 was 8.8 percent, down by 0.7 percent from 2004.
展开▼
