5-month indicators show steady growth for economy

Key economic indicators for the first five months of the year that were released on Wednesday show that the economy's growth momentum remains, though additional reform is needed to improve the economic structure, according to senior officials at the International Monetary Fund and other experts.

Also on Wednesday, the IMF raised its forecast for China's GDP growth for 2017 to 6.7 percent from 6.6 percent.

Stable growth of industrial output and retail sales shows that the economy remains on a steady growth trajectory, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday.