中國經濟增長率第三季度降至7.4大綱

China's economy grew by 7.4 percent in the third quarter, missing the government's target and falling to its slowest rate of growth since the global financial crisis.

The figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday represent the seventh straight quarter of easing for the world's second largest economy.

Although 7.4 percent growth would be considered strong in many recession-struck countries, the figure is low for China, which has averaged annual growth rates of 10 percent for decades.

But Premier Wen Jabot is still optimistic China can reach its target of 7.5 percent growth for this year, saying on Wednesday the economy is stabilizing and has been "relatively good" the past three months.中國經濟今年第三季度的增長率爲7.4%，沒有達到政府的預定目標，而且是自全球金融危機爆發以來的最低點。

中國國家統計局星期四發佈的數據顯示，作爲世界第二大經濟體的中國連續第七個季度經濟增長速度下降。

雖然7.4%的經濟增長率在很多經濟衰退國家會被視爲增長強勁，但在中國則是低速增長，幾十年來，中國經濟平均年增長率爲10%。

然而，中國總理溫家寶仍然持樂觀態度，認爲中國經濟增長率今年能達到7.5%的目標。溫家寶星期三說，中國經濟正在趨於穩定，而且在以往三個月內相對良好。