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By Global Times Published: Apr 27, 2021 09:33 PM
A Yemeni trader selects teapots while communicating with his Saudi Arabian client via video link at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu city of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 14, 2021. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
All of China's provincial-level areas, except for Northeast China's Jilin and Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, which have yet to report their figures, recorded double-digit GDP growth in the first quarter, according to statistics released as of Tuesday.
The robust growth rates across the country further underscored a full-fledged recovery for the Chinese economy from the COVID-19 pandemic, with most industries returning to or exceeding pre-pandemic levels. However, the growth pace may slow to normal levels in the second half of the year, an economist warned.