Bloomberg.com. China's economic growth accelerated to 4.5% in the third quarter, picking up from a three-year low of 4.3% in the prior quarter. For the first nine months of this year, fixed asset investment in. Bull statues are placed in font of screens showing the Hang Seng stock index and stock prices outside Exchange Square, in Hong Kong. (Courtesy: Reuters file photo) Hong Kong's stock market is making.