BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- China's gross domestic product expanded 6.8 percent year on year in the first half of 2018 to about 41.90 trillion yuan (6.27 trillion U.S. dollars), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

In the second quarter, China's GDP rose 6.7 percent year on year, slightly lower from 6.8 percent in the first quarter, according to NBS data.? ?