National Bureau of Statistics: 'No problem' realizing 6.5% growth target

Ning Jizhe, head of China's National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday that China sees "no problem" in realizing its target for 2017 GDP growth of 6.5 percent.

His comments come ahead of the upcoming 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which will open in Beijing on October 18.[Special coverage]

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China's survey-based jobless rate lowest since 2012: official

China's job market is steadily expanding, with the survey-based unemployment rate falling to its lowest level since 2012, an official said Tuesday.

China's nationwide survey-based unemployment rate stood at 4.83 percent in September, the lowest since 2012, Ning Jizhe, head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed at a press conference.

China's share of global GDP rises

China's GDP accounted for 14.8 percent of the world's total in 2016, up by 3.4 percentage points from 2012, said Ning Jizhe, head of the National Bureau of Statistics, on Tuesday.

The country made the largest contribution to global growth, averaging at about 30 percent annually, during the 2013-2016 period, larger than the total of the U.S., euro zone and Japan combined, he said at a news conference.