Exports of electromechanical products surge in 2025

China's electromechanical products account for over 60 percent of total exports for the first time in 2025, signaling the country's foreign trade resilience against global headwinds, He Yongqian, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Commerce, said at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday.

She pointed out that China's foreign trade development continued to contribute for global economic and trade development.

"China's foreign trade grew amid challenges in 2025, showing its resilience and vitality and making significant contributions to global economic and trade development. Innovation momentum is continuously strengthening, with exports of electromechanical products growing by nine percent and accounting for over 60 percent of total exports for the first time. The international competitiveness of green and low-carbon products significantly improved, and new business models such as cross-border e-commerce emerged with vitality," she said.

China's foreign trade expanded 3.8 percent year on year in yuan terms in 2025, according to official data released on Wednesday.

In 2025, the country's foreign trade reached 45.47 trillion yuan (about 6.48 trillion U.S. dollars), according to the General Administration of Customs.

China's foreign trade has maintained growth for the ninth consecutive year since 2017, the administration said.

Exports grew 6.1 percent year on year to 26.99 trillion yuan in 2025, while imports edged up 0.5 percent from one year earlier to 18.48 trillion yuan, the data showed.

Exports of electromechanical products surge in 2025

The multilateral system is "under attack" amid global turmoil, President of the 80th UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock warned in her remarks on Wednesday.

In her briefing on the priorities for the resumed 80th Session of the General Assembly, the UNGA president noted that the current multilateral system does not collapse all in a sudden, but "crumbles piece by piece" in divisions, compromises, and lack of political commitment.

The president called all the UN member states to defend the UN Charter and international law and promote cross-regional cooperation.

She also urged to push forward the work of the UNGA on certain critical issues with a strong majority, rather than an absolute consensus among all member states. Such act is not a failure of multilateralism, but "an affirmation of it," she said.

The foundational principles of the institution should not be eroded by appeasement, she said, calling the member states to show courage, leadership, and responsibility at the UN's "critical make-or-break moment."

"The UN needs you. Your support, your leadership, your principle, stand, your cross-regional cooperation, if we are to preserve and modernize this institution, if we are to make it, rather than break it," she said.

UNGA President warns global multilateral system "under attack"

UNGA President warns global multilateral system "under attack"