FOCUS | China's GDP grows 5 pct in 2025, hitting annual target

(260119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2026 (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. 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. (Photo by Ren Fei/Xinhua)

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