Trade via Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge grows 34.6 percent in Jan-June period

The total value of imports and exports through the Zhuhai Port on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in south China increased by 34.6 percent year on year in the first half of 2025, data from Gongbei Customs in south China's Guangdong Province showed on Wednesday.

During the first half of this year, the total value of imports and exports through the Zhuhai Port on the mega bridge amounted to 143.5 billion yuan (around 20.03 billion U.S. dollars), with 3.3 million vehicle crossings, up a 29.3 percent year on year.

In the first six months, the total value of imports and exports with ASEAN countries topped 23 billion yuan, surging 166.2 percent year on year.

Since the bridge opened to traffic on Oct 24, 2018, the customs have overseen more than 17.19 million vehicle crossings and imports and exports valued at over 1.15 trillion yuan through the bridge's ports.

The 55-kilometer bridge links China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), the Macao SAR and the city of Zhuhai in Guangdong Province. It is the world's longest bridge-and-tunnel sea crossing.

China's outstanding aggregate social financing -- the total amount of financing to the real economy -- reached 442.12 trillion yuan (about 63.4 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of 2025, up 8.3 percent year on year, central bank data showed on Thursday.

The country's aggregate social financing stood at 35.6 trillion yuan (about 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up by 3.34 trillion yuan (about 479 billion U.S. dollars) from the year 2024, said the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.

According to the data, the M2, a broad measure of money supply that covers cash in circulation and all deposits, increased 8.5 percent year on year to 340.29 trillion yuan (about 48.8 trillion U.S. dollars) as of the end of December.

In addition, outstanding yuan loans stood at 271.91 trillion yuan (about 39 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2025, up 6.4 percent year on year.