China registers highest growth in exports to Asia in 2025

China's foreign trade achieved growth in 2025 despite global headwinds, with exports to Asia registering the highest increases, according to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs.

The data showed that China's exports to Asia were dominated by high-tech products including integrated circuits, smartphones, and data processing equipment, with Industry experts attributing this trend to the alignment of these goods with Asian countries' needs for green, smart, and digital transformation.

"Asia is also a region with strong growth momentum, where demand for high-tech products is rising. China's industrial and supply chains are deeply integrated with Asian countries. Having taken a lead in industrialization, China is now leveraging its technology and experience to help these nations to accelerate their own industrial development," said Gao Lingyun, a research fellow at the Institute of World Economics and Politics under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

After Asia, Africa and Europe accounted for similar shares of the growth in China's exports in 2025.

Customs data indicated that in 2025, China's exports to Africa grew by 26.5 percent year-on-year. From daily consumer goods such as textiles, footwear, and bags to major projects like offshore production platforms and container ships, Chinese products saw a major surge into Africa in 2025, becoming a key driver of China's overall export growth.

In addition, China's exports to Europe demonstrated new characteristics in 2025, with notable increases in items including tower fans and household air conditioners. Interestingly, ice cream exports to Europe also rose, with Chinese-made ice cream adding a touch of coolness to Europe's summer last year.

China registers highest growth in exports to Asia in 2025

China registers highest growth in exports to Asia in 2025

China registers highest growth in exports to Asia in 2025

China registers highest growth in exports to Asia in 2025

China registers highest growth in exports to Asia in 2025

Russia said on Saturday that it carried out a large-scale strike against Ukraine early Saturday morning and controlled another settlement in the Kharkov Region over the past day, while Ukraine said it repelled Russian attacks in multiple directions.

Russian long-range precision missiles and attack drones hit a Ukrainian plant manufacturing drones and energy facilities servicing Ukraine's military-industrial complex during the past 24 hours, and Russia's operational-tactical aircraft, missile troops and artillery units struck 157 targets, including long-range drone storage sites and operator training facilities, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries, the Russian Defense Ministry said. It added that air defense systems shot down 137 fixed-wing drones.

Russian forces controlled the town of Staritsa in Kharkov Region over the past day, the ministry said.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday reported 136 combat engagements on the frontline, where Ukrainian troops repelled Russian offensives in multiple directions.

The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russian forces implemented a large-scale air strike against Ukraine from Friday evening to early Saturday morning.

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the large-scale strike caused damage to critical infrastructures in the city.

Russia carries out large-scale strike, Ukraine repels attacks in multiple directions