CHINA’S Q1 GDP SURGES TO 18.3%

China's economy grew a record 18.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, riding on strong domestic and foreign demand and aided by recovery from a low base in early 2020, statistics released on Friday showed. The gross domestic product (GDP) reached

24.93 trillion yuan (about

$3.82 trillion) in Q1. This is the highest quarterly growth rate since China first began publishing GDP data in 1993.