A worker operates at a construction site on the 68th storey of a building in Shenyang, Liaoning. The National Bureau of Statistics will now calculate GDP 'more accurately' based on economic activity each quarter. Photo: Reuters
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China changes GDP data calculation method to improve accuracy

There has long been widespread scepticism over the reliability of official data about the world’s second-largest economy

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Updated: 5:40pm, 9 Sep, 2015

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A worker operates at a construction site on the 68th storey of a building in Shenyang, Liaoning. The National Bureau of Statistics will now calculate GDP 'more accurately' based on economic activity each quarter. Photo: Reuters
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