This compared with a quarterly growth of 6.2 percent in the first quarter, 7.9 percent in the second quarter, and 9.1 percent in the third quarter.

Policies adopted by the Chinese government to fight the global financial crisis had produced significant results and the Chinese economic growth was on a consolidated recovery.

The figures showed that China has achieved the full-year growth target of 8 percent, which the government believes is essential to generating more jobs for its 1.3 billion population.

Source : Konaxis