China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 6.7 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2018 to about 65.09 trillion yuan (about 9.38 trillion U.S. dollars), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Friday.

In the third quarter, China's GDP rose 6.5 percent year on year, lower from 6.7 percent in the second quarter, according to NBS data.