China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 6.3 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2019 to about 45.09 trillion yuan (6.6 trillion U.S. dollars), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on July 15.

Specifically, the GDP increased 6.4 percent in the first quarter and 6.2 percent in the second quarter year-on-year.

In terms of industries, the added value of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries reached 2.32 trillion yuan, 17.998 trillion yuan and 24.774 trillion yuan, up 3.0, 5.8 and 7.0 percent year-on-year, respectively.