China reports 4.8% quarterly GDP growth, moving closer to annual target
The third-quarter figure brings yearly growth to 5.2 per cent, meeting expectations but prompting calls for policy support from analysts
China’s economy grew 4.8 per cent year on year in the third quarter of 2025, keeping the country largely on track to achieve its full-year target, but analysts said further policy support is still needed to maintain this stable trajectory and improve domestic demand.
The closely watched figure for gross domestic product, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, came in just above the 4.76 per cent forecast in a survey of economists by Chinese financial data provider Wind.
This brought China’s economic growth over the first three quarters to 5.2 per cent, according to the bureau. Beijing has set its annual target for GDP growth at “around 5 per cent”.