(CNN) -- China's economy grew 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009, down from 6.8 percent last quarter and from 10.6 percent year-on-year, state media reported on Thursday.
Xinhua: Figures released Thursday show the slowest rate of growth in nearly a decade.
Xinhua: Figures released Thursday show the slowest rate of growth in nearly a decade.
It is the slowest rate of growth for the Asian nation in nearly a decade, Xinhua reported.
The economic data was announced at a news conference by Ma Jiantang, director of the National Bureau of Statistics.
Gross domestic product reached 6.6 trillion yuan (about $939 billion) during the quarter, according to government-run news agency Xinhua.
Meanwhile, industrial output grew 5.1 percent for the quarter and showed signs of improvement -- climbing 8.3 percent in March.
China's consumer price index and producer price index -- two major indicators of inflation -- fell 1.2 percent and 4.6 percent, respectively, while retail sales grew 15 percent.
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