Economic Watch: China's economy holds steady against headwinds

Farmers dry corns in Nangang Township of Guanyun County, east China's Jiangsu Proince, on Oct. 19, 2018. 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. (Xinhua/Wu Chenguang)