(15 Jul 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing, China - 15 July 2025 1. Wide of news briefing 2. Wide of reporters 3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Sheng Laiyun, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics: “In the first half year, the GDP grows by 5.3%. In the first quarter, it was 5.4%. In the second quarter, it was 5.2%. The growth rate increases by 0.5% compared with the same period last year and the entire last year. As you know, the GDP growth last year was 5%.” 4. Wide of