China's gross domestic product expanded by 5 percent to reach 140.19 trillion yuan ($20.13 trillion) in 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.
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 (2021-25) to a successful conclusion.
China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, expanded 5.9 percent year-on-year in 2025. In December alone, China's industrial output increased by 5.2 percent year-on-year, the NBS said.
China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of the country's consumption strength, climbed 3.7 percent year-on-year in 2025. In December alone, the retail sales of consumer goods rose 0.9 percent year-on-year.
China's per capita disposable income went up 5 percent year-on-year in nominal terms in 2025, data from the NBS showed. The country's per capita disposable income stood at 43,377 yuan last year, the NBS said.
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