China’s GDP rises 4.8% YoY in September 2025 quarter:Economic growth rate takes a hit sequentially as Trump’s 130% tariffs take effect from 01 Nov

China’s economy has continued to expand despite global trade headwinds. In the second quarter of the financial year 2025-26 (Q2 FY26), the Chinese economy expanded at a rate of 4.8% as compared to the same period last year. China’s GDP growth rate falls for 2nd straight quarter: Albeit, China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate fell for the second straight quarter in September 2025. In Q1 FY25, the Xi Jinping-led government has clocked 5.4% GDP and 5.2% in the subsequent quarter. China’s GDP growth trajectory: China’s economic growth rate rose on an annual basis and fell on a quarterly basis Albeit, China’s GDP has fallen on a sequential basis but it rose on annual basis. According to the nation’s news daily, South China Morning Post, the Xi Jinping-led government saw the country’s economy clock a growth rate of 5.2% in the first nine months of the current calendar year. Signs of tension easing between US and China: Earlier, tensions had resurfaced between two of the largest economies in the world. The US President Donald Trump had announced the implementation of 100% extra tariffs on China from 01 November 2025. Currently, America levies 30% import duties on Chinese imports. But then, there were signs of easing trade tensions as Trump truth socialed that the US wanted to help China and not hurt it.