#CHINA-2023-GDP-H1-INCREASE (CN)

(230717) -- BEIJING, July 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People watch a robot playing piano during the 8th China Robotop and Intelligent Economic Talents Summit in Yuyao City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 24, 2023. China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.5 percent year on year in the first half (H1) of 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. China's GDP reached 59.3 trillion yuan (about 8.3 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first half, NBS data showed. (Photo by Zhang Hui/Xinhua)