Head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Kang Yi (C), and Fu Linghui (R), spokesperson and chief economist of the NBS and director general of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the NBS, attend a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on China's economic performance in 2025, in Beijing, capital of China, on Jan. 19, 2026. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5 percent year on year in 2025, meeting the annual target of around 5 percent, official data showed Monday.
China's GDP reached a record of 140.1879 trillion yuan (about 20.01 trillion U.S. dollars) last year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed.
In the fourth quarter, the economy expanded 4.5 percent from a year earlier and grew 1.2 percent from the previous quarter, the NBS said.
Despite a complex domestic and external environment, the economy advanced under pressure, achieving fresh progress in high-quality development, the NBS noted.
It added that the main goals and tasks for economic and social development were fully achieved in 2025, bringing the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) to a successful conclusion.
Facing abrupt changes in the external environment and mounting domestic difficulties and challenges, China adopted more proactive and effective macro policies, which helped offset adverse external shocks and stabilize the foundation for development amid headwinds, Kang Yi, head of the NBS, told a press conference.
"For a super-large economy like China, achieving such stable development is by no means easy amid intertwined risks and challenges," Kang said. ■
A technician welds components at a manufacturing base of China Railway Science & Industry Group Co., Ltd. in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Zhao Jun/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Jan. 19, 2026 shows workers processing copper rod products at the workshop of a company in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Yin Chao/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Jan. 11, 2026 shows vessels under construction at a shipbuilding company in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)
Workers work at the workshop of an automobile manufacturing company in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Yuan Fuhong/Xinhua)
Workers are seen at a workshop of a heavy industrial equipment company in Jiangdu high-tech industrial development zone in east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Ren Fei/Xinhua)
A technician welds components of a tunnel boring machine at a manufacturing base of China Railway Science & Industry Group Co., Ltd. in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Zhao Jun/Xinhua)
A worker prepares copper rod products for transportation at the workshop of a company in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Yin Chao/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Jan. 19, 2026 shows workers operating at a shipyard in Zhenjiang, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Xin Yi/Xinhua)
A worker works at an iron and steel company in Dazhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Deng Liangkui/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Jan. 18, 2026 shows a view of the Longtan Container Terminal at Nanjing Port, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)
Workers check tractors ready for sale at the workshop of a company in Jiangdu high-tech industrial development zone in east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Ren Fei/Xinhua)
