Economic indictors have gradually picked up and there are more signs the economy has started to stabilize, Wang Baoan, director of the National Bureau of Statistics, told People's Daily in an interview.

The NBS announced major economic data on Wednesday and said the economy has slowly stabilized. Do you think the economy performed well in the first half?

With a series of policies and measures promoting steady growth, structural adjustment and preventing risk firmly in place, major economic indicators have clearly picked up.