Exports power Chinese economy to 5% growth, USD 20 trillion GDP

Key Highlights

• The growth, however, slowed to a three-year low of 4.5 per cent in the final quarter, dragged down by a series of domestic headwinds.
• It was the slowest quarterly growth China had recorded since the final quarter of 2022, when it grew only 3 per cent as it was still affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
• Quarter on quarter, China’s economy expanded by 1.2 per cent in the last three months of 2025.
• Experts say Monday’s figures point to a “two-speed economy”, with manufacturing and exports propping up expansion while people are still spending cautiously and the real estate market continues to weigh on the country.
• While China’s official figures suggest it hit its growth goal, some analysts question the accuracy of the data, given weak investment and consumer spending, BBC quoted economists as saying.