The real estate slump and uncertainty about future income have weighed on consumer spending and business confidence, adding to deflation concerns.

China’s economy expanded by 5% year on year in 2024, with an upswing in the final quarter of the year, as a flurry of stimulus measures kicked in and helped meet Beijing’s growth target.

China has reported that its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2024, slower than the year before but still hitting Beijing’s target of “around 5%” growth

Gao’s sin? Saying that China may have grown just 2% over the last two or three years, less than half the rate Xi’s government claims. The reason Gao is allegedly being silenced is for shining a brighter-than-usual spotlight on one of the biggest perception problems facing Xi’s Communist Party: that China routinely cooks the GDP books.

China has reported that its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2024, achieving Beijing's target of "around 5%" growth helped by strong exports and recent stimulus measures.

China reported its economy grew 5% in 2024, meeting its target of around 5%. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected China's full-year GDP growth to come in at 4.9%, just shy of the official target of around 5% — which analysts had said was ambitious.

China’s economy hit the government’s growth goal last year, after an 11th hour stimulus blitz combined with an export push before looming US tariffs turbocharged activity in the final quarter.

KEY TAKEAWAYS China met its annual 5% GDP growth target for 2024, thanks to the stimulus measures that buoyed economic activity in the fourth quarter.According to the country's National Bureau of Statistics,

China’s economy expanded 5% in 2024, meeting the official target of “around 5%” growth after stimulus measures introduced late last year appear to be working.