China’s economy grew 6.1 percent in 2019, according to official figures. The number is in tandem with the target range of 6.0 to 6.5 percent projected early last year.

The reading from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) was lower than the 6.6 percent gain registered in 2018 and came in at the slowest pace since 1990. But it is still one of the fastest rates of economic growth around the world in a lackluster global economic environment dragged down by wild cards of geopolitical tensions and tit-for-tat tariffs.

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