Its a very rare event indeed when China's economic growth number misses the median estimate. Certainly not today.
Q1 2022 GDP:
+1.3% q/q
- expected 0.6%, prior 1.6%
+4.8% y/y
- expected 4.4%, prior 4.0%
Also published today are the 'activity' data for March. I'll post that info separately.