China: GDP up 4.5 per cent in the third quarter, exceeding expectations

+1.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter; +4.6 per cent in the first nine months of 2026

(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - China’s GDP growth in the third quarter of 2026 was slightly above forecasts. The National Bureau of Statistics has preliminarily estimated year-on-year growth in gross domestic product at 4.5 per cent, compared with +4.3 per cent in the previous quarter and the +4.4 per cent expected by analysts. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, GDP growth stood at 1.2 per cent.

In the first nine months of the year, the Chinese economy grew by 4.6 per cent compared with 2025, driven in particular by the services sector (+5.2 per cent), whilst agriculture and industry grew by 3.7 per cent and 3.8 per cent respectively.

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