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LEAD: China GDP posts real 10.2% growth in January-March: Xinhua+(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)BEIJING, April 16_(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MORE INFO) Chinese President President Hu Jintao said Sunday that China's gross domestic product grew by 10.2 percent in the January-March quarter in real terms from a year earlier, Xinhua News Agency reported. China's official news agency said Hu made the remark during a meeting with Lien Chan, former chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, who is on a visit to China. The Chinese economy grew 9.9 percent in 2005, its third straight year of annual growth of around 10 percent. China has set a goal of about 8 percent growth for 2006, aiming for stable growth led by domestic demand. Hu said the Chinese economy is maintaining momentum for favorable growth. |