Explained: China’s GDP growth data

China’s GDP grew 5.2% in the second quarter (April-June) of 2025, according to official figures released on Tuesday. This means that despite the high tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump, the value of the economic output (that is, all goods and services) inside China during the second quarter of 2025 was 5.2% more than the economic output during the same quarter of 2024 (Chart 1).…

This data comes from the ChinaPulse.com media intelligence and smart news insights monitoring platform.