China's inter-provincial trade saw rapid development in 2025, with the sales volume increasing by 4.5 percent year-on-year, showed the latest data from the State Taxation Administration.
The sales volume of inter-provincial trade accounted for 41 percent of the total national sales volume, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared with the last year.
Over 80 percent of provinces in China achieved positive growth in inter-provincial sales in 2025.
In 2025, the external sales of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta region and the Pearl River Delta region increased by 4 percent, 6.2 percent, and 4.6 percent year-on-year, respectively，demonstrating radiating and driving effects of the country's major economic regions.
Sales from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to the Yangtze River Delta region, and from the Pearl River Delta region to Chengdu-Chongqing region increased by 6.7 percent and 7.8 percent year-on-year, respectively.
The number of tax-related business entities involved in cross-provincial sales nationwide increased by 8 percent year-on-year.
As China's tax authorities continue to deepen reforms in cross-regional tax and fee services, taxpayers' cross-province electronic tax payments exceeded 130 billion yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 39 percent, according to the data.
China's inter-provincial trade records rapid development in 2025
