<p>China's economy weakened to its slowest pace in three decades in 2019 as weaker domestic demand and trade tensions with the United States took their toll, official data showed Friday.</p>.<p>The world's second-largest economy grew by 6.1 per cent last year, its worst performance since 1990, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.</p>.<p>The figure matches an AFP analyst forecast and is within Beijing's official target of 6.0-6.5 per cent. But last year's growth was down from 6.6 per cent in 2018.</p>.<p>While China's economy had been gradually losing steam over the first three quarters, growth stabilised at 6 per cent in the last three months of 2019 -- the same pace as in the third quarter, according to the NBS.</p>.<p>Ning Jizhe, Commissioner of China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said China's economy generally sustained a stable momentum of growth in 2019.</p>.<p>"However, we should also be aware that the global economic and trade growth is slowing down," he said at a news conference.</p>.<p>He added that there were more sources of instability and risk, with the economy facing "mounting downward pressure". </p>
<p>China's economy weakened to its slowest pace in three decades in 2019 as weaker domestic demand and trade tensions with the United States took their toll, official data showed Friday.</p>.<p>The world's second-largest economy grew by 6.1 per cent last year, its worst performance since 1990, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.</p>.<p>The figure matches an AFP analyst forecast and is within Beijing's official target of 6.0-6.5 per cent. But last year's growth was down from 6.6 per cent in 2018.</p>.<p>While China's economy had been gradually losing steam over the first three quarters, growth stabilised at 6 per cent in the last three months of 2019 -- the same pace as in the third quarter, according to the NBS.</p>.<p>Ning Jizhe, Commissioner of China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said China's economy generally sustained a stable momentum of growth in 2019.</p>.<p>"However, we should also be aware that the global economic and trade growth is slowing down," he said at a news conference.</p>.<p>He added that there were more sources of instability and risk, with the economy facing "mounting downward pressure". </p>