Key Takeaways
- M2 money supply grew 10.4% in 2023.
- Social financing scale stock increased 9.5% at year-end 2023.
- Fiscal revenue was 23.37 trillion yuan in 2023, up 6.4%.
- China's nominal GDP reached 126.06 trillion yuan in 2023, marking a 5.2% year-on-year growth.
- Real GDP growth rate of China in 2023 was 5.2%, surpassing the annual target of around 5%.
- Per capita GDP in China hit 89,358 yuan in 2023, up 6.2% from 2022.
- China's value-added industrial output increased 4.6% in 2023.
- Manufacturing PMI averaged 49.7 in 2023.
- Steel production in China was 1.02 billion metric tons in 2023.
- China's urban unemployment rate averaged 5.2% in 2023.
- Surveyed urban unemployment rate was 5.16% in December 2023.
- Total employed population was 740.41 million in 2023.
- China's total exports in 2023 were 23.77 trillion yuan, up 0.6% YoY.
- Total imports into China in 2023 reached 18.39 trillion yuan, down 5.5% YoY.
- Trade surplus for China in 2023 was 5.38 trillion yuan.
China’s 2023 growth topped target at 5.2% while policy easing and steady financing supported demand.
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