China's GDP grew by 5% in Q1. What's behind the growth?

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  Coming up, China's GDP grows by 5% in the first quarter.

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  Also in this period, Hong Kong market ranks first in IPO fund raising.

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  And French lawmakers approved a bill to ease the return of looted artworks.

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  First up.

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  China's economy grew 5% to over 33 trillion yuan, or 4.8 trillion U.S. Dollars, in the first quarter.

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  The National Bureau of Statistics said the national economy got off to a good start,

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  with the development showing greater resilience and vitality.

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  It said the growth of production and supply accelerated,

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  market demand continued to improve, and high-quality development advanced with new and positive momentum.

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  Takai breaks down the numbers.

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  A steady and strong star despite uncertain external environment.

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  According to National Bureau of Statistics, China's first quarter GDP grew by 5% year on year,

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  and that is 0.5 percentage points faster than the fourth quarter last year.

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  The industrial output of the country expanded 6.1%.

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  And one thing we should mention is the high-tech manufacturing expanding within 12%.

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