中國經濟增長速度降至六年來最低點

China's economy grew at its slowest pace in six years last quarter, according to data released Wednesday, raising fresh concerns over the condition of the world's second largest economy.

Growth declined to 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, down from 7.3 percent in the previous quarter. That is the slowest quarterly growth rate since early 2009 during the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

China's ruling Communist Party has set a modest target of 7 percent growth for 2015. While that rate of expansion would be among the fastest of any major economy, it would be China's slowest pace in a quarter of a century.

Reacting to the figures, a spokesman for China's National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday that Beijing expected the slowdown. He said the government attributes this to "sluggish global economic recovery" and "ongoing structural reforms."星期三公佈的數據顯示，中國經濟上季度的增長速度是六年來的最低點，使得人們再度關注這個世界第二大經濟體的經濟狀況。

2015年第一季度，中國經濟增長速度降至7%，而上季度爲7.3%。自2009年初世界金融危機以來，這是中國經濟增長速度最慢的一個季度。

中國執政黨共產黨將2015年的經濟增長設在7%的適度的目標。雖然這一增幅屬於世界主要經濟體增幅最大之列，卻是中國多年來的最低點。

中國國家統計局發言人星期三針對這一數據表示，經濟增速減緩在北京的預料之中。他說，中國政府將這一現象歸結爲“全球經濟復甦緩慢”，以及“中國目前正在進行的經濟結構改革”。