China records 5% GDP growth in 1Q26

Pedestrians pass stores in the Datang district of Guangzhou, China, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. — Photographer Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, 0.5 percentage points faster than that of the fourth quarter of 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Thursday.

The country's GDP reached 33.4 trillion yuan ($4.87 trillion) during this period, the NBS data showed.