Nation has made a good start this year with consumption and services serving as the main engines for growth

Recent figures have shown that the Chinese economy has generally seen stable growth with deepening supply-side structural reforms, said an article published on Monday in People's Daily. Meanwhile, measures have been taken to expand total demand in the first four months of this year, contributing to economic indicators being within expectations, Guo Tongxin, an official from the National Bureau of Statistics, said.

First, consumption and the services sector have served as the main engines for economic growth, said Guo.