#CHINA-ECONOMY-Q3 GDP (CN)

(131018) — QINGDAO, Oct. 18, 2013 (Xinhua) — A container ship stops at the port of Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 15, 2013. China’s gross domestic product (GDP) totaled 38.7 trillion yuan (6.25 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first three quarters of 2013, with the growth of 7.7 percent year on year and 7.8 percent in the third quarter of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday. (Xinhua/Yu Fangping) (mt)