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"As an important engine of world economic growth, China insists on promoting high-level opening up to the outside world, bringing long-term benefits to global development," Teguh Dartanto, dean of the School of Economics at the University of Indonesia, said in a recent interview, adding that China will continue to contribute positive forces to global economic development.
China's GDP reached a record of 134.91 trillion RMB in 2024, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
China's economy rebounds
As its economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength continued to increase, China actively responded to the impact of changes in the domestic and international environment.
In 2024, China's economy rebounded and is on an upward trajectory, with its GDP growing five percent year on year, meeting the government's full-year target, NBS said. And its grain output has surpassed 700 million tonnes, filling the nation's bowls with more Chinese grain.
A report issued by the National Energy Administration showed that China's total natural-gas output is estimated at 246 billion cubic meters, an increase of 10 billion cubic meters.
In the past year, new quality productive forces have also developed steadily and new economic momentum has continued to grow.
Furthermore, China's annual production of the new energy vehicles hit 10 million amid global carbon reduction efforts. The order number for its homegrown C919 jet has grown to more than 1,000, while new achievements in integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, quantum communications and other fields have flourished.
At home, the domestic economy showed stable growth trends with positive factors. According to the NBS, from January to November 2024, the added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by nine percent year on year, and investment in high-tech industries increased by 8.8 percent year on year, which was significantly faster than the growth rate of total investment.
"China is a super-large economy with a large economic scale and market capacity, strong industrial supporting capabilities, which can support the domestic circulation on both the supply and demand sides. This is what [helps] make the country's economy move forward steadily," said Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director of the Office of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs
Sharing opportunities with the world
As the world's second-largest economy, China hit a record high in its foreign trade total value in 2024, with a total goods imports and exports reaching 43.85 trillion RMB last year, up five percent year on year, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC).
The data showed that the annual value of cross-border e-commerce imports and exports reached 2.63 trillion RMB in 2024, an increase of one trillion RMB compared to 2020.
Meanwhile, the nation was at the forefront of green trade last year, and its green products trade made a significant contribution to the global response to climate change and the green and low-carbon transition in 2024, according to Lyu Daliang, spokesperson of the GACC and director general of the Department of Statistics and Analysis of the GACC.
China has many advanced technologies and its innovation speed is amazing. The development of China's new energy industry has set an example for other countries and brought opportunities to the world, according to Dartanto.