China Q1 growth slows to 7.3%: AFP survey


AFP's survey of 13 economists is forecasting China's GDP in the January-March period expanded 7.3% from the same period last year - AFP Photo.

BEIJING: China's economic expansion slowed in the first three months of this year, according to an AFP survey, and remains on track for its worst annual performance in nearly a quarter-century as reform priorities trump growth concerns.

Gross domestic product (GDP) in the January-March period expanded 7.3% from the same period last year, the median forecast in AFP's survey of 13 economists said.

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