Updated On: 19 January, 2026 10:53 AM IST | Hong Kong | AP
That was the slowest quarterly growth since late 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The economy, the world`s second largest, grew at a 4.8 per cent annual pace in the previous quarter

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China`s economy expanded at a 5 per cent annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump`s tariffs.
However, growth slowed to 4.5 per cent in the last quarter of the year, the government said Monday.