China's Q4 GDP growth slows to 3-year low, full-year pace meets official target

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China's economy grew 5% for the whole of 2025, data from its National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday (Jan 19), meeting the government's target by seizing a record share of global demand for goods to offset weak domestic consumption, a strategy that blunted the impact of US tariffs but is increasingly hard to sustain.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/kykj2ax7  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Chinese government on Monday announced key economic data,

00:07saying that it had met its targets amid the impact caused by U.S. tariffs and global uncertainties.

00:14They said the country's economy grew 5 percent for the whole year of 2025,

00:19and its exports continued to be in demand, and industrial output rose 5.9 percent.

00:30401,879亿元,按不变价格聚散,比上年增长5.0 percent.

00:40分季度看,一季度国内生产总值同比增长5.4 percent,

00:47二季度增长5.2 percent,三季度增长4.8 percent,

00:53四季度增长4.5 percent,全年货物进出口总额454,687亿元,

01:03比上年增长3.8 percent.

01:05其中,出口269,892亿元,增长6.1 percent,

01:13进口184,795亿元,增长0.5 percent.

01:19The success of China's export-oriented manufacturers contrasts with persistent weakness

01:25in the domestic-focused parts of the economy.

01:28Its economy grew 4.5 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier,

01:34beating analysts' expectations slightly,

01:37but slowing to a three-year low from the third quarter's 4.8 percent pace

01:42as consumption and investment dragged.

01:44The World Bank and IMF have urged China to shift towards consumption-led growth

01:49and rely less on investment and exports,

01:52warning that the current model poses long-term risks.

01:56Beijing has moved to curb excess industrial capacity

01:59and eliminate price wars,

02:01but economists say more needs to be done.

02:04They also said the country's population fell for a fourth consecutive year,

02:08down by 3.39 million to 1.405 billion.

02:14The total number of births in China dropped to 7.92 million in 2025,

02:20its lowest in decades,

02:22from 9.54 million in 2024,

02:25while the number of deaths rose to 11.31 million.

02:38the total number of births in Christianism and aerospace was 402-3.

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