2025: The Year of High-Quality Growth
China navigated 2025 by shifting its economic engine toward "New Productive Forces," resulting in a resilient 4.8% GDP growth fueled by high-tech exports and a booming domestic green economy.
Quarterly Industrial Performance Index (2025)
2025 Strategic Briefs
Annual "Two Sessions" confirms the "New Productive Forces" as the core 5-year priority.
Domestic 7nm chips reach mass production capacity for consumer electronics.
EV exports surpass 5 million units annually, making China the #1 auto exporter.
First 100-qubit quantum computer "Jiuzhang 4" verified for industrial use cases.
New Productive Forces
2025 marked the full integration of robotics and AI into the "Lighthouse Factories" across Shenzhen and the Yangtze Delta, aiming for a 20% efficiency increase in high-end manufacturing.
High-Tech Export Categories (Value in Bn $)
Industrial Transformation Facts
Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency
Domestic content in mid-range smartphones hit 78% in 2025.
Low-Altitude Economy
Shenzhen officially launched 200+ commercial eVTOL (flying taxi) routes.
Industrial Robotics
Robot density surpassed 400 per 10,000 employees in 2025.
AI & Digital Sovereignty
2025 saw China's LLMs (Large Language Models) reach parity with global benchmarks in coding and reasoning, with a focus on "Vertical AI" for industrial applications.
Computing Power Growth (FLOPS Index)
DeepSeek & Ernie 5.0
Factual 2025 release: DeepSeek's open-source models surpassed GPT-4 in specialized logic benchmarks.
6G Commercial Trials
Integration of satellite-ground communication trials completed in Shanghai and Chengdu.
The Green Giant
China maintained its position as the global leader in renewable energy deployment, adding more solar capacity in 2025 than the rest of the world combined.
Electricity Generation Mix 2025
EV Market Dynamics: Export vs. Domestic
Bubble size represents annual R&D investment by top manufacturers (BYD, Xiaomi, Geely).
Space & Cosmic Frontiers
Successful docking of the second Mengtian-II module, creating an "X-shaped" station.
Critical hardware testing for the 2026 South Pole lunar mission completed in Wenchang.
Record 45 successful commercial orbital launches by private entities like LandSpace and OrienSpace.
Factual Orbital Launch Frequency (2025)
"China's space program in 2025 emphasized commercialization and deep-space infrastructure."