On January 14, 2026, the atmosphere at the press conference of the State Council Information Office in Beijing was lively. Wang Jun, Deputy Director General of the General Administration of Customs, stood in front of the press station, holding a heavy report to show Chinese and foreign journalists the "report card" of China's foreign trade in 2025. The curve graph on the big screen behind is rising all the way, like a giant dragon poised to take off, reflecting the resilience and vitality of the Chinese economy.

Expand your circle of friends to over 190 countries

Wang Jun pointed out that the prominent feature of China's foreign trade in 2025 is a more diversified market. China has trade relations with more than 240 countries and regions around the world, with an increase in imports and exports with over 190 countries and regions.

Particularly noticeable is the trade cooperation with countries jointly building the the Belt and Road. In 2025, China's import and export to the Belt and Road countries will reach 23.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.3%, accounting for 51.9% of the total import and export value. The road to trade diversification is becoming wider and wider, "Wang Jun said." The latest international data shows that China has become a major trading partner for more than 160 countries and regions worldwide, an increase of more than 20 from 2020

High tech and green products become new engines

The continuous improvement of "new content" and "green content" is the distinctive background of China's foreign trade in 2025. Wang Jun introduced that by 2025, China's high-tech product exports will reach 5.25 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.2%; The export of the "new three types" of electric vehicles, photovoltaic products, and lithium batteries increased by 27.1%; The export of green products such as wind turbines has increased significantly by 48.7%.

In the past five years, the average annual growth rate of high-tech product imports and exports has been 7.9%, and the year-on-year growth rate will accelerate to 11.4% in 2025, contributing nearly 60% to the overall foreign trade growth. Wang Jun specifically mentioned that the export scale of "new three types" products will approach 1.3 trillion yuan in 2025, an increase of 3.5 times compared to 2020, becoming an important driving force for foreign trade growth.

The proportion of private enterprises has risen to 57.3%

Enterprises are the cells of foreign trade, and the vitality of cells determines the health of the body. Wang Jun released an exciting set of data: by 2025, there will be over 780000 business entities with import and export records in China. Among them, private enterprises continue to play the role of the "main engine" of foreign trade, with imports and exports reaching 26.04 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.1%, and accounting for 57.3% of the total import and export value.

Enterprises have more vitality and their ability to resist risks and shocks has significantly improved, "said Wang Jun. From private manufacturing enterprises along the southeast coast to emerging cross-border e-commerce sellers in the central and western regions, more and more market entities are standing at the forefront of China's foreign trade trend.

Looking back at the entire 14th Five Year Plan period, China's cumulative import and export scale exceeded 200 trillion yuan, an increase of 40% compared to the 13th Five Year Plan period. In the past five years, China's total import and export value has successively exceeded the threshold of 40 trillion yuan and 45 trillion yuan, with a growth rate of 41.1% in 2025 compared to 2020 and an average annual growth rate of 7.1%.

The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has outlined a grand blueprint for economic and social development in the next five years, and made important arrangements for expanding high-level opening up to the outside world and creating a new situation of win-win cooperation. "Wang Jun firmly stated at the end of the press conference," A stable and highly open China will inject more stability and positive energy into the world economic developmentEditor/Yang Meiling