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China economic data

The Chinese economy on a single page: policy rates and the renminbi, CPI and PPI inflation, industrial production, fixed-asset investment and retail sales, total social financing, new home prices across 70 cities, and bilateral trade balances broken down by HS chapter. Every figure is pulled automatically from official sources, and every indicator is a complete series with an interactive chart and a free download.

Data tables
53
Indicator groups
16
Longest series from
1998
Frequency
Daily · Monthly · Quarterly · Annual

Headline indicators

The latest value and recent trend. Open a card for the full series.

Data loaded Sep 04, 2026, 12:02
GDP growthQuarterly, year on yearSource: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China (NBS)4.7%Q2 2026−0.3 pp vs previous quarterManufacturing PMI (NBS)Above 50 means expansionSource: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China (NBS)49.8ptsAug 2026+0.6 pts vs previous monthManufacturing PMI (Caixin)Skews to smaller, export-facing firmsSource: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China (NBS)51.5ptsAug 2026+0.6 pts vs previous monthCPI inflationNationwide, year on yearSource: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China (NBS)0.5%Jul 2026−0.5 pp vs previous monthProducer prices (PPI)Year on year — leads traded goods pricesSource: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China3.5%Jul 2026−0.6 pp vs previous monthIndustrial productionValue added, year on yearSource: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China4.5%Jul 2026−0.8 pp vs previous monthRetail salesYear on year — domestic demandSource: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China (NBS)0.6%Jul 2026−0.4 pp vs previous monthFixed-asset investmentYear to date, year on yearSource: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China (NBS)−6.7%Jul 2026−1 pp vs previous monthExportsGoods, monthlySource: Eastmoney397.85bn USDJul 2026+23.86% year on yearImportsGoods, monthlySource: Eastmoney285.51bn USDJul 2026+27.55% year on yearTrade balance with VietnamOn Chinese customs dataSource: UN Comtrade — United Nations International Trade Statistics Database9.17bn USDJul 2026−3.59% year on yearCNY/USD exchange rateEnd of periodSource: People's Bank of China (PBOC)6.79CNY/USDJul 2026−0.07 vs 3 months ago1-year loan prime rateThe benchmark lending rateSource: People's Bank of China (PBOC)3%/yrAug 20, 2026unchanged over 3 monthsReserve requirement ratioMajor financial institutionsSource: People's Bank of China (PBOC)9%May 15, 2025M2 money supplySource: Eastmoney355.51trn CNYJul 2026+7.75% year on yearTotal social financingMonthly flow — broader than bank creditSource: People's Bank of China (PBOC)1.4trn CNYJul 2026+23.97% year on yearNew home prices, BeijingYear on year — the table covers all 70 citiesSource: Eastmoney−2.3%Jul 2026−0.2 pp vs previous monthUrban unemploymentNationwide surveySource: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China (NBS)5.2%Jul 2026+0.2 pp vs previous month

Government bond yield curve

Yields by maturity as of Sep 2, 2026, set against the same curve a year earlier.

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11.522.53M6M1Y3Y5Y7Y10Y30Y

Sep 2, 2026 One year ago%/yr

Upward sloping

Yields rise with maturity — the normal shape in an expansion.

10Y − 1Y
+0.46
10Y − 3M
+0.45
30Y − 10Y
+0.46

The full catalogue

53 data tables across 16 indicator groups. Each one is a complete historical series with an interactive chart.

GDP

Production

Inflation & Prices

Labour

Consumption

Monetary & PBOC

Banking & Credit

Money market

Bonds & Yields

Fiscal

Exports and imports

Exchange rate

Transport

Real estate

Energy

Population & Demographics

Where this data comes from

Every series is loaded automatically from official releases. Values are kept exactly as published; only the structure is normalised — unit, frequency and reference period.

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