[National Bureau of Statistics talks about GDP growth rate in the first three quarters: in line with the expected economic growth target for the whole year] On October 19, the National Bureau of Statistics released data. According to preliminary calculations, the GDP in the first three quarters was 107.1071 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6% at constant prices. Looking at the quarters, GDP increased by 5.0% year-on-year in the first quarter, 4.3% in the second quarter, and 4.5% in the third quarter. On the same day, Mao Shengyong, spokesman and deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said at a press conference of the State Council Information Office that from the perspective of economic growth, the total GDP in the first three quarters exceeded 1.07 million yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 4.6%, which is in line with the expected economic growth target for the whole year. "The 4.6% growth rate remains the leading among the world's major economic systems, especially in the third quarter, which was 0.2 percentage points higher than the second quarter." Mao Shengyong said that from an incremental perspective, the economic increment in the first three quarters reached 5.7 trillion yuan, which was also the largest increment in the past five years; in terms of monthly indicators in the third quarter, in September, most indicators improved compared to July and August.