China's GDP expands 4.6% yoy in first three quarters of 2026

(ECNS) -- China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 4.6% year-on-year to reach 107.11 trillion yuan ($16 trillion) in the first three quarters of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday.

China's GDP grew 5.0% year on year in the first quarter, 4.3% in the second quarter and 4.5% in the third quarter, NBS data showed.

According to the NBS, China's value-added industrial output of above-scale enterprises in the first nine months rose 5.3% compared to the same period in 2025, while fixed-asset investment dropped by 7.2% year-on-year.

China's total retail sales of consumer goods expanded by 2.6% year-on-year in the January-September period, NBS data showed.