the managing director and vice
chairman of asia pacific at jp
morgan chase and she joins us
from hong kong.
good to see you.
the reading not as bad as what
it could have been.
i mean, it wasn't a print of
6.5%.
it could have been a lot worse
well it was very much in line
with market expectations.
four year gdp 6.9% but reading
beyond the headlines we find
remarkable divergence between
the service industry and the
manufacturing sector so it's a
tale of two industries.
the service industry was at much
faster pace accounting for now
over 50% of gdp when the
manufacturing sector experienced
a lot of challenges now
accounting for only 40% of gdp
so i think you'll continue to
see the service industry driving
growth.
the most important question to