FILE: Jinan City, Shandong Province, east China - July 9, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Passengers; bullet train arriving
2. Various of train leaving

FILE: Shantou City, Guangdong Province, south China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of people eating in restaurants

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4. Various of movie-goers in cinema, cinema staff member working
5. Audience watching film

Beijing, China - Aug 14, 2019 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Graphics showing China's index of service production growth in July

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7. Workers
8. Various of machines working at plant
9. Various of auto assembly lines, workers

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10. Graphics showing China's total value-added for industrial enterprises (above designated size) in 2019

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11. People at mall

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12. Products of Chinese candy brand White Rabbit on display
13. Customer tasting candy

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14. Graphics showing China's total retail sales of consumer goods growth in July

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15. Various of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port scenes

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16. Various of containers, ships

Beijing, China - Aug 14, 2019 (CCTV/CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
17. Various of press conference in progress
18. SOUNDBITE (Chinese, dubbed with English) Liu Aihua, spokeswoman, China's National Bureau of Statistics (partially overlaid with shot 19):
"Despite the mounting economic downward pressure at home and the grave external environment, we are still seeing growth in modern service industries and high-tech manufacturing. At the same time, the growth of foreign trade expanded, especially in the growth of exports. Our trade structure continued to be optimized."
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19. Various of reporters
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20. Various of press conference in progress

Downward pressure in Chinese economic growth has been shown in the latest data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday.

While Chinese economy continues to perform within a reasonable range and still sustains its growth momentum, the production index of the service sector in July increased by 6.3 percent year on year, 0.8 percentage points lower than the previous month.

The industrial production witnessed slowness as the total value added of industrial enterprises above the designated size grew by 4.8 percent year on year in July, 1.5 percentage points lower than last month.

Growth rate for total retail sales of consumer goods was 7.6 percent year on year, with a 2.2-percentage-point drop from the June's figure.

However, the country's foreign trade reported a 5.7-percent year-on-year growth, 2.6 percentage points higher than that of last month.

Liu Aihua, spokeswoman of the NBS, explained the overall trend at a press conference.

"Despite the mounting economic downward pressure at home and the grave external environment, we are still seeing growth in modern service industries and high-tech manufacturing. At the same time, the growth of foreign trade expanded, especially in the growth of exports. Our trade structure continued to be optimized," said Liu.