China's gross domestic product (GDP) rose 7.3% in the third quarter from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said. That was slightly above the 7.2% forecast by analysts but slower than 7.5% in the second quarter.

The value added of the primary industry was up by 4.2%; that of the secondary industry was up by 7.4%; and that of the tertiary industry was up by 7.9%. The gross domestic product of the third quarter of 2014 went up by 1.9% on a quarterly basis.

The total value of imports and exports in the first three quarters was or 3,162.6 billion US dollars, an increase of 3.3%, or 2.1 percentage points higher than that in the first half of the year. The total value of exports was 1,697.1 billion US dollars, up by 5.1%; the total value of imports was or 1,465.5 billion US dollars, an increase of 1.3%. The trade surplus was 231.6 billion US dollars. In September, the total value of imports and exports was 396.4 billion US dollars, up by 11.3%. The total value of exports was 213.7 billion US dollars, up by 15.3%; and that of imports was 182.7 billion US dollars, up by 7%.