2025.09.1502:07:31UTC+00China Industrial Output Growth Weakest in a Year

In August 2025, China's industrial production increased by 5.2% compared to the previous year, a slight decline from July's 5.7% and below the anticipated 5.8%. This represents the smallest rise since August 2024, attributed to slower growth in manufacturing (5.7% compared to 6.2% in July) and in sectors such as electricity, heat, gas, and water production, which grew by 2.4% compared to 3.3% previously. However, mining output showed steady growth at 5.1%, slightly up from 5.0% in July. Among manufacturing sectors, 31 out of 41 primary industries experienced growth, such as automotive (8.4%), computers and communications (9.9%), railway and shipbuilding (12.0%), ferrous metal smelting and rolling (7.3%), non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling (9.1%), chemical products (7.6%), coal mining and washing (5.1%), oil and gas (4.7%), food manufacturing (4.7%), and heat production (2.5%). Over the first seven months of the year, industrial production averaged a 6.2% increase. On a month-to-month basis, industrial output rose by 0.37% following a 0.38% increase in July.