China GDP Grows 5.4% Amid US-China Trade War, Beating Expectations. The trade war between the United States and China is getting fiercer, but China’s gross domestic product or GDP has actually increased by 5.4%.

China’s economic growth occurred amid Trump’s import tariff policy which has shaken global financial markets.

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China in the first quarter showed that GDP reached 31.87 trillion yuan or around 4.42 trillion US dollars.

The data illustrates that the Chinese economy has increased by 5.4% and has grown by 1.2% quarterly compared to the previous quarter.

Meanwhile, it is known that the total investment value reached 10.32 trillion yuan in that period, according to official data released by China on Wednesday, April 15, 2025.

The economic outlook tends to remain gloomy amid the increasingly fierce tariff war with the United States, but supported by stimulus measures.

China’s inflation-adjusted GDP growth was able to exceed market expectations despite trade tensions with the US.

Even the GDP figure for the first 3 months of 2025 was above the growth target of around 5% set for the whole year.

Regarding this, the National Bureau of Statistics of China said that Beijing’s economy in the first quarter started well and was stable and was able to maintain recovery momentum thanks to the ongoing effects of macro policies even though it was in the midst of unstable global financial market conditions.

Previously, the world’s two giant economies, the United States and China, were involved in a fierce tariff war since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

In the latest figures, Chinese goods were even subject to import tariffs of up to 245% while China retaliated by imposing taxes on a number of US products of 125% and stopping imports of US agricultural products.