China reports its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs

China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

China has reported its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs

Official figures show the economy grew by 5% in 2025 but slowed to 4.5% in the final three months of the year.

The reported GDP growth of 5% in 2025 met Beijing’s official target.

China's economy expanded five percent in 2025, Beijing said Monday, one of its slowest rates of growth in decades as it struggles with persistently low consumer spending and a debt

China’s economy expanded at a 5 per cent annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump’s tariffs. However, growth slowed to 4.5 per cent in the last quarter of the year, the government said Monday.

But official figures released on Monday also showed that China's economic growth slowed to a rate of 4.5% in the final three months of 2025 compared to a year earlier. As well as