(15 Sep 2025)
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Beijing – 15 September 2025
1. Various of news briefing by Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics
2. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics:
“In July and August, industrial output above a designated size grew by 5.7% and 5.2% year-on-year, continuing to maintain relatively fast growth above 5%.”
3. Wide of reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics:
“From the demand side, market sales and the scale of imports and exports continued to expand. In July and August, total retail sales of consumer goods grew by 3.7% and 3.4% year-on-year, while retail sales of services in January–August grew by 5.1%, continuing to outpace goods retail. Goods exports grew by 8.0% and 4.8% respectively.”
5. Wide of briefing
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics:
“In August, the overall economy operated steadily, and high-quality development made solid progress. However, it should also be noted that the external environment remains complex and severe, with many unstable and uncertain factors. Domestically, supply is strong but demand is weak, and some enterprises are facing operational difficulties.”
7. Various of briefing
STORYLINE:
China’s consumption and factory production continued to be under strain in August as government stimulus efforts to boost growth were challenged by weak domestic demand and external risks.
Spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics Fu Linghui said industrial output rose 5.2% in August, down from 5.7% in July.
Retail sales grew by 3.4% from a year earlier, slowing from the July’s growth of 3.7%.
Export, a key growth driver of Chinese economy, increased by 4.8% in August, the slowest in recent six months.
Trade representatives of China and the US are having their third round of talks in Madrid this week to address the tariff disputes fueled by China’s large trade surplus with he US.
Beijing has rolled out a series of stimulus measures, including providing subsidies on consumer goods and regulating excess capacity and price competition of EV industries. However, these moves have yet to prove effective in reviving an economy weighed down by the property market downturn and weak consumer spending.
“The external environment remains complex and severe, with many unstable and uncertain factors. Domestically, supply is strong but demand is weak, and some enterprises are facing operational difficulties,” Fu said.
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