China revised its 2017 economic growth down to 6.8 per cent from 6.9 per cent, as it braces for a possibly worse performance in 2018.

The size of the gross domestic product of the world's second-biggest economy was revised down from 82.7 trillion yuan (USD 12.1 trillion) to 82.1 trillion yuan. China is due to release its GDP growth for 2018 on Monday. Recent statistics point to a slowdown.