中國經濟增長放緩

China reports that its economic Growth slowed in the final quarter of 2013 and appears set to cool even further.

China's National Bureau of Statistics also said Monday that the economy grew by 7.7 percent for all of last year, the same as in 2012, for its weakest performance since 1999.

Analysts say the economy slowed quite rapidly in the last quarter, with factory output, exports and investment all weaker than the previous quarter.

Officials said that a long-term accumulation of problems has yet to ease, and a mini-stimulus of government spending last year has faded.

Growth of the world's second-largest economy is still considerably stronger than the United States, Japan or Europe.中國發表報告說，2013年第三季度的中國經濟增長速度減緩，而且看來今後將進一步放慢增長速度。

中國國家統計局星期一也表示，中國經濟去年全年的增長率爲7.7%，與2012年持平，這是自1999年以來的最低增長率。

分析人士說，中國經濟增長速度上季度大幅放緩，工業產量、出口以及投資都少於前一季度。

有關官員說，長期積累下來的問題仍待解決，去年政府開支的微弱刺激效果已經減弱。

作爲世界第二大經濟體，中國的經濟增長勢頭仍比美國、日本和歐洲強勁得多。