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China's R&D spending reached 4.07 trillion yuan in 2025, 2.91% of GDP. R&D personnel density 102.6 per 10k employees. Basic research spending 2,778 billion yuan. Enterprise R&D over 3 trillion. Patents 97.2 million....
In 2025, China's R&D spending hit $549.7B (2.80% of GDP). High-speed rail: 48,000 km. Express delivery: 199B parcels. Innovation rank: 10th.人均GNI: $13,660. Source: NBS....
China's innovation index ranked 10th globally in 2025, up from 14th in 2020. R&D spending grew, 24 global top 100 innovation clusters, new energy vehicle sales exceeded 16 million, digital economy share reached 33.1%....
China's GDP grew 5.4% annually 2021-2025; high-tech manufacturing +9.2%; NEV output up 10.3x; 5G base stations 484M; per capita income 43,000 yuan; urban unemployment stable at 5.1-5.5%....
China's manufacturing PMI stood at 50.0% in May 2026, with production index at 51.2% and new orders at 49.9%. Non-manufacturing business activity index rose to 50.1%, composite PMI output index at 50.5%....
China's industrial profits surged 24.7% YoY in April 2026; Jan-Apr cumulative +18.2%. Equipment manufacturing +15.4%, high-tech +44.8%, raw materials +88.1%. Profit margin at 5.43%....
China's new home prices fell 2.1% YoY in tier-1 cities in April 2026, with Shanghai rising 3.7%. Second-hand prices dropped 6.8% in tier-1, 5.9% in tier-2, 6.3% in tier-3. Source: NBS....
China's April 2026 industrial output grew 4.1% YoY, with 1-4 month total up 5.6%. PPI rose 2.8% YoY, a 45-month high. Equipment manufacturing contributed 74.5% to industrial growth. Source: NBS....
China's April 2026 industrial output rose 4.1% YoY. Equipment manufacturing grew 8.3%, high-tech manufacturing +12.8%, digital products +12.0%, and exports +10.6%. New drivers contributed significantly....
China's service sector investment rose 10.5% in Jan-Apr 2026, driven by information services (+18.1% from AI), environmental monitoring (+11.8%), and professional technical services (+8.2%). Intellectual property investment grew 8.9%, equipment purchase investment 11.5%....
China's retail sales reached 16.5 trillion yuan in Jan-Apr 2026, up 1.9% YoY. Rural sales grew 2.8%, online retail +6.6%. Food & daily necessities sales strong. Upgrade goods like telecom equipment +17.7%....
China Economic Data May 2026: CPI up 1.2% YoY, PPI up 2.8% YoY. Search interest surges for China economic data as ChinaData.live ranks top 2....
China's CPI rose 0.3% MoM and 1.2% YoY in April 2026; core CPI +1.2% YoY. PPI increased 1.7% MoM and 2.8% YoY. Energy and travel services drove CPI; oil and metals boosted PPI. (NBS)...
China trade April 2026: exports surged 11.8% MoM to $359.4B, surplus rebounded to $84.8B. Imports +20.6% YoY. GACC country-level bilateral data still pending....
How the 2026 Iran war disrupted China's oil imports: bilateral trade collapsed 90%, US sanctions targeted Chinese refineries, and China scrambled for alternative supply. Data analysis from GACC customs statistics....
China's manufacturing PMI edged down to 50.3% in April 2026, remaining in expansion for a second month. Non-manufacturing activity fell to 49.4%, while composite PMI slowed to 50.1%....
Latest China trade data 2026: March exports $321B, surplus narrowed 44% to $51B as tariff front-loading peaked. Monthly GACC customs statistics with country-by-country breakdown....
China’s Q1 2026 GDP grew 5.0% YoY to 334,193 billion yuan. Industry +6.1%, services +5.2%, consumption contributed 2.4 percentage points. Exports resilient....
China's Q1 2026 meat output rose 4.8% to 26.62 million tonnes. Hog slaughter increased 2.8% to 200.26 million head. Grain sowing area stable. Pork up 4.2%, poultry meat up 9.3%. Source: NBS....
China's industrial value-added grew 6.1% YoY in Q1 2026, with high-tech manufacturing up 12.5% and equipment manufacturing up 8.9%. Profits surged 15.2% in Jan-Feb. Source: NBS....
China's Q1 2026 energy consumption rose 3.9% YoY. Power generation up 3.4% to 2.4 trillion kWh. Natural gas output up 3.0% to 680.7 bcm. Clean energy generation share at 33.2%. Crude oil imports hit record 1.5 billion tons....
Q1 2026: Service value added 206,117 billion yuan, +5.2% YoY; share of GDP 61.7%; contribution to growth 63.2%; modern services lead at +10.6% for IT and +12.2% for leasing....
China's fixed asset investment rose 1.7% YoY to 102708 billion yuan in Q1 2026, with manufacturing investment up 4.1%, infrastructure +8.9%, and high-tech +7.4%....
China's social consumer goods retail sales reached 12.77 trillion yuan in Q1 2026, up 2.4% YoY. Service retail grew 5.5%, online retail 8.0%, and live-streaming e-commerce exceeded 500 billion yuan....
In a single generation, China has achieved an economic feat that rewrites the rules of development: growing its economy by a factor of 87, from a mere $216...
China's trade volume hit a record $6.36 trillion in 2025 with a $1.19T surplus. Explore the data behind China's pivot to ASEAN, green tech dominance, and the reshaping of global commerce....
In 2024, China will produce more industrial robots in a single year than the rest of the world combined. This startling fact encapsulates the profound evol...
China's urban unit wages continue growth in 2025: manufacturing non-private +5.2%, private +6.4%; electricity non-private +7.1%; professional technical staff avg 155,491 yuan, up 5.0%....
**China’s population is now shrinking faster than any major economy in history, with the number of annual births halving in just eight years—a collapse equ...
In a stunning reversal of a long-standing trend, China's infant mortality rate in 2024 stands at 4.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, now lower than the Unite...
In 2024, China will produce more university graduates—11.8 million—than the entire population of Belgium, yet 15.3% of its youth cannot find a job. This st...
China’s urban population has grown by an amount larger than the entire population of Europe. Since 1978, 772 million move to urban....
China now has more citizens over 60 than the entire population of Indonesia. At 280 million, this group makes up nearly 20% of the population, but the real...
In a stunning reversal of automotive history, **China now sells more electric vehicles in a single month than the United States sells in an entire year.** ...
In 2024, China launched a rocket into space, on average, every 5.4 days. With **68 successful orbital launches**, the country accounted for nearly one-thir...
China processed over **$67 trillion** through mobile payment apps in a single year—a sum greater than the combined annual GDP of Japan, Germany, and India....
By the end of 2024, China will have built over **3.84 million 5G base stations**—a number roughly **three times greater** than the total number of cell sit...
**China now spends more on research and development than the entire European Union, with its 2023 R&D expenditure hitting ¥3.32 trillion ($668 billion)—a f...
In a stunning reversal of automotive fortunes, a single Chinese automaker, BYD, sold more than twice as many new energy vehicles (NEVs) in 2024 than Tesla ...
In January 2025, a Chinese AI lab called DeepSeek shocked the global tech community by releasing a model, the R1, that matched the performance of OpenAI's ...
In 2023, China poured over **¥20.8 trillion (approx. $2.9 trillion)** into fixed-asset investment in infrastructure—a sum greater than the entire annual ec...
In 2024, China's high-speed rail (HSR) network carried an estimated 3.8 billion passengers—a figure that surpasses the total number of passengers carried b...
In 2023, China installed more solar panels than the United States has in its entire history. This staggering fact underscores a transformation that has rea...
China installed 277 GW of new solar capacity in 2024 — more than the rest of the world combined. Data and charts on China's rise to solar dominance....