Economic Watch: China's economy holds steady against headwinds

A freighter leaes the port of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Proince, on Oct. 19, 2018. China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 6.7 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2018 to about 65.09 trillion yuan (about 9.38 trillion U.S. dollars), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Friday. (Xinhua/Yu Fangping)