2026.01.1902:08:36UTC+00China Industrial Output Growth Hits 3-Month High

In December 2025, China's industrial production experienced a significant year-on-year increase of 5.2%, up from a 4.8% rise in the previous month, outperforming market forecasts of 5.0%. This represents the most substantial growth since September, attributed to heightened manufacturing activity, which advanced by 5.7% compared to 4.6% in November. The mining sector also expanded, although at a slower rate (5.4% versus 6.3%), and output in electricity, heat, gas, and water maintained an upward trajectory (0.8% versus 4.3%). Among the manufacturing sectors, 33 of the 41 major industries saw growth. Notable increases were observed in computers and communication equipment (11.8%), railway and shipbuilding (9.2%), automotive (8.3%), chemical products (8.0%), coal mining and washing (6.4%), non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling (4.8%), heat production (4.2%), textiles (3.7%), oil and gas extraction (3.7%), food manufacturing (3.2%), and ferrous metal smelting and rolling (0.7%). Over the entire year, industrial production grew by 5.9%. On a monthly scale, industrial output increased by 0.49%.