On January 14, 2026, the State Council Information Office held a press conference where Lu Daliang, spokesperson for the General Administration of Customs and Director of the Department of Statistics and Analysis, released core data on China's foreign trade in 2025. The data showed that all regions across the country leveraged their geographical advantages and resource endowments to promote steady growth in imports and exports. Among them, seven provinces and municipalities, including Guangdong, contributed over half of the increase in foreign trade. The foreign trade scale of the nine mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area exceeded 9 trillion yuan for the first time. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge played a prominent role as a regional logistics artery, injecting strong momentum into the stable growth of China's foreign trade.

I. Major Foreign Trade Provinces Take the Lead: Seven Provinces and Municipalities Contribute Half of the Increase; High-Tech Products Become the Core Engine

The "ballast" role of major foreign trade provinces continued to be prominent. In 2025, the total imports and exports of seven provinces and municipalities—Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Beijing, and Fujian—reached 34.11 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%, contributing more than half of the national increase in foreign trade and effectively stabilizing the national foreign trade fundamentals.

It is noteworthy that high-tech products became the core driving force for the foreign trade growth of these seven provinces and municipalities. Data shows that the import and export of high-tech products in seven provinces and municipalities increased by 11.4% year-on-year, directly contributing 2.2 percentage points to the overall import and export growth. Imports and exports of key products in areas such as electronic information and high-end equipment both achieved rapid growth, demonstrating the effectiveness of the optimization and upgrading of the foreign trade structure.

II. Key Regions Add Momentum: Yangtze River Delta Leads the Way, Xiong'an New Area's Import and Export Exceeds 70 Billion Yuan

The strong growth momentum of foreign trade in key regions has injected new vitality into the national foreign trade development. At the press conference, Lü Daliang pointed out that Xiong'an New Area has achieved remarkable results in high-quality construction, with its import and export scale growing rapidly in 2025, exceeding 70 billion yuan for the first time, achieving leapfrog development.

The Yangtze River Delta region also performed brilliantly. In 2025, the region's import and export increased by 6.3% year-on-year, accounting for 37.4% of the national foreign trade, further strengthening its leading role. In specific sectors, the Yangtze River Delta region saw outstanding export performance in high-end products such as shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment, and biomedicine, with year-on-year growth of 11.4% and 6.9% respectively. Both categories accounted for more than half of the national total export value of similar products, demonstrating the region's core competitiveness in high-end manufacturing.

III. Further Breakthrough in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Foreign Trade of 9 Mainland Cities Reaches 9.15 Trillion Yuan; Logistics Efficiency of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Surges by 40%

As a core hub for opening up to the outside world, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has reached a new level in foreign trade development. In 2025, the foreign trade scale of the nine mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area steadily expanded, surpassing the 9 trillion yuan mark for the first time, reaching 9.15 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%. In terms of specific product exports, the region has significant advantages, exporting nearly half of the nation's tablet computers and over 80% of its 3D printers, becoming a crucial support for related global industrial and supply chains.

The regional logistics artery role of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has been fully realized. In 2025, the value of imports and exports through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge reached RMB 325.84 billion, a significant year-on-year increase of 40.1%, efficiently connecting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area with global markets and providing crucial logistical support for the growth of foreign trade in the Greater Bay Area.

IV. Summary of Core Data

• Imports and exports of 7 provinces and municipalities (Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Beijing, and Fujian) in 2025: RMB 34.11 trillion, an increase of 2.7%, contributing over half of the national foreign trade growth;

• Imports and exports of high-tech products of 7 provinces and municipalities: an increase of 11.4%, contributing 2.2 percentage points to the overall growth;

• Imports and exports of Xiong'an New Area in 2025: exceeding RMB 70 billion;

• Imports and exports growth rate of the Yangtze River Delta in 2025: 6.3%, accounting for 37.4% of the national foreign trade;

• Foreign trade of the 9 cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in 2025: RMB 9.15 trillion, an increase of 4.7%;

• Imports and exports of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Port in 2025: RMB 325.84 billion, an increase of 40.1%.