China’s statistics bureau on Friday revised down its final 2017 gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 6.8 percent from 6.9 percent, after scaling back initial estimates of the industrial and services sector.The National Bureau of Statistics revised the final 2017 GDP to 82.08 trillion yuan ($12.11 trillion), down 636.7 billion yuan from the preliminary number.The revision came ahead of Monday’s release of preliminary GDP growth figures for the latest quarter and full-year 2018. China and Germany are committed to deepening cooperation in the financial sector and will work together to battle trade protectionism, they said in a joint statement on Friday.They signed three pacts to strengthen banking sector cooperation during a two-day......