Customers shop at a market in Zaozhuang City, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 15, 2025. China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. (Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua)
BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.
China’s GDP reached over 101.5 trillion yuan (about 14.3 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first three quarters, NBS data showed.
In the third quarter, the country’s GDP expanded 4.8 percent year on year.
The tertiary industry expanded 5.4 percent year on year in the first three quarters, outpacing a 3.8 percent increase of the primary industry and a 4.9 percent increase of the second industry.
On a quarterly basis, China’s economy expanded 1.1 percent in the third quarter, according to the NBS.
Since the beginning of the year, China’s economic development has withstood pressure and achieved hard-won, remarkable progress, said a spokesperson with the NBS, adding that economic operation has maintained overall stable performance with steady growth.
In the first nine months of this year, China’s value-added industrial output increased by 6.2 percent compared to the same period last year. In September, the output expanded 6.5 percent year on year, with manufacturing and mining sectors posting rapid growth.
China’s value-added service output rose to nearly 59.3 trillion yuan in the first three quarters, accounting for 58.4 percent of GDP, 0.8 percentage points higher than that in the same period last year.
China’s retail sales of consumer goods went up 4.5 percent year on year to nearly 36.59 trillion yuan in the first three quarters. In September, the retail sales of consumer goods rose 3 percent year on year to 4.2 trillion yuan.
The country’s per capita disposable income reached 32,509 yuan during the January-September period, marking a 5.2 percent year-on-year increase after deducting price factors.
The surveyed urban unemployment rate on average in China stood at 5.2 percent in the first three quarters. The rate went down 0.1 percentage point from August to 5.2 percent in September.
China’s fixed-asset investment dropped 0.5 percent year on year to about 37.2 trillion yuan in the first three quarters. ■
An employee works at a workshop of a contact lens manufacturing company in Ganyu District of Lianyungang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Oct. 13, 2025. China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. (Photo by Si Wei/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo shows the view of a container terminal of Nanjing Port in east China’s Jiangsu Province, Oct. 19, 2025. China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)
An employee processes a shoe at a company in Gaomi City, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 20, 2025. China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. (Photo by Li Haitao/Xinhua)
A drone photo shows domestically produced cars and engineering machinery vehicles for export at Yantai Port in east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 20, 2025. China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)
