China's GDP grows 0.7 pct in first three quarters (3)

Workers are busy at the factory of a manufacturing company in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 19, 2020. In the first three quarters, China's GDP expanded 0.7 percent year on year, returning to growth after the 1.6-percent contraction in the first half of the year and the 6.8-percent slump in Q1, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Liang Zidong/Xinhua)