中国经济增长速度降至六年来最低点

China's economy grew at its slowest pace in six years last quarter, according to data released Wednesday, raising fresh concerns over the condition of the world's second largest economy.

Growth declined to 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, down from 7.3 percent in the previous quarter. That is the slowest quarterly growth rate since early 2009 during the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

China's ruling Communist Party has set a modest target of 7 percent growth for 2015. While that rate of expansion would be among the fastest of any major economy, it would be China's slowest pace in a quarter of a century.

Reacting to the figures, a spokesman for China's National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday that Beijing expected the slowdown. He said the government attributes this to "sluggish global economic recovery" and "ongoing structural reforms."星期三公布的数据显示，中国经济上季度的增长速度是六年来的最低点，使得人们再度关注这个世界第二大经济体的经济状况。

2015年第一季度，中国经济增长速度降至7%，而上季度为7.3%。自2009年初世界金融危机以来，这是中国经济增长速度最慢的一个季度。

中国执政党共产党将2015年的经济增长设在7%的适度的目标。虽然这一增幅属于世界主要经济体增幅最大之列，却是中国多年来的最低点。

中国国家统计局发言人星期三针对这一数据表示，经济增速减缓在北京的预料之中。他说，中国政府将这一现象归结为“全球经济复苏缓慢”，以及“中国目前正在进行的经济结构改革”。