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China Reports 5% GDP Growth in 2025

Jan 18, 2026, 9:45 p.m. ET

China's gross domestic product expanded by 5 percent to reach 140.19 trillion yuan in 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.

China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, expanded 5.9 percent year-on-year in 2025. In December alone, China's industrial output increased by 5.2 percent year-on-year, the NBS said.

China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of the country's consumption strength, climbed 3.7 percent year-on-year in 2025.

The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 50.12 trillion yuan (about $7.15 trillion) last year, according to the NBS.

In December alone, the retail sales of consumer goods rose 0.9 percent year-on-year, the NBS said.

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