On January 14, 2026, the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs injected strong confidence into the Chinese economy over the past year. Faced with multiple challenges such as the rise of global trade protectionism and market demand differentiation, China's total import and export value of foreign trade will exceed 45 trillion yuan for the first time in 2025, reaching 45.47 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%, achieving positive growth for the ninth consecutive year and consolidating its position as the world's largest country in goods trade. This report card, which has risen against the trend, not only reflects the strong resilience of the Chinese economy, but also clearly outlines the development trajectory of the foreign trade structure towards a new and better direction.

Show strong resilience

In the complex and severe international economic and trade environment, China's foreign trade has withstood pressure and simultaneously improved in scale and quality. Data shows that by 2025, China's exports will reach 26.99 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.1%; Imports amounted to 18.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.5%. Of particular note is that despite the decline in international commodity market prices, China's imports have maintained growth for three consecutive quarters since the second quarter, demonstrating a steady recovery in the domestic demand market. This is the longest period of continuous growth in foreign trade since China's accession to the World Trade Organization, fully demonstrating the comprehensive competitiveness formed by China's complete industrial and supply chain system and the advantage of a super large market, providing hard support for macroeconomic stability.

Enhanced risk resistance ability

In the past year, China's foreign trade circle of friends has continued to expand, and the market diversification strategy has achieved significant results. While consolidating traditional markets, exploring emerging markets has become a key driving force for growth. By 2025, China's total import and export value to ASEAN, Latin America, and Africa will reach 7.55 trillion yuan, 3.93 trillion yuan, and 2.49 trillion yuan, respectively, with year-on-year growth of 8%, 6.5%, and 18.4%, respectively. Among them, the growth rate of trade with Africa is particularly impressive. China has established trade relations with over 240 countries and regions worldwide, with an increase in imports and exports with more than 190 countries and regions. This pattern of "stabilizing traditional markets and expanding emerging markets" greatly enhances the resilience and development elasticity of China's foreign trade. Keywords: New News Video, New News Video News

New driving forces lead development

The core driving force for the high-quality development of foreign trade comes from the optimization and upgrading of its structure. By 2025, the export value of high-tech products representing the direction of technological upgrading will reach 5.25 trillion yuan, a significant increase of 13.2%. The total export growth of the three new products, represented by new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products, reached 27.1%, and the export growth rate of wind turbines was as high as 48.7%. Green and low-carbon products have highlighted their competitiveness in the international market. At the same time, private enterprises continue to serve as the main force in foreign trade, with a leading proportion among over 780000 business entities with import and export performance. The booming development of new formats and models such as cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouses has met the new trend of "small batch, customized" global trade, opened up new channels for more small and medium-sized enterprises to integrate into the global value chain, and clearly demonstrated the new trend of moving from Chinese manufacturing to Chinese intelligent manufacturing. (This article is from the official website www.seetao.com of Jiandao. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited, otherwise it will be prosecuted. Please indicate Jiandao website+original link when reprinting.) Jiandao website news column editor/Gao Xue