GDP data seen as 'reasonable' despite pressure

Country still has room to render policy support for economic growth, World Bank official says

China's GDP growth slowed to 6.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, its slowest pace in the 27 years since quarterly record keeping began. But analysts said the brisk retail sales growth and stable employment, together with possible support measures to be rolled out in the second half, will help bolster full-year growth.

Growth in the April-June period was 0.2 percentage point lower than the first quarter. GDP growth came in at 6.3 percent in the first half, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.