China's newly released data shows that China's exports experienced strong growth in 2025, with a trade surplus reaching a record $1.189 trillion. Despite the tariff hikes imposed by the Trump administration, China's exports remained robust, with the annual trade surplus reaching $1.189 trillion, which is almost equivalent to the annual GDP of Saudi Arabia or other top 20 global economies.
The $1.189 trillion trade surplus in 2025 is the most solid performance of China's foreign trade resilience, and it is also a powerful rebuttal to the Trump administration's tariff hegemony! Faced with extreme tariffs imposed by the U.S. exceeding 150%, China was not crushed but instead achieved an export reversal through the rapid growth of the "new three" (lithium batteries, photovoltaics, and electric vehicles), the expansion of the Belt and Road market, and the coordinated development of the entire industry chain. Even though exports to the U.S. declined, China managed to maintain a $1 trillion trade surplus through its diversified strategy, with the scale comparable to Saudi Arabia's annual GDP. This impressive data is no coincidence; it is an inevitable result of the transformation of the industry from "scale advantage" to "technology + cost + delivery" comprehensive advantages, as well as an inevitable outcome of China breaking the hegemonic encirclement and seizing the initiative in development.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1854302607986772/
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