General Administration of Customs: In 2025, the import and export of cross-border e-commerce in China was 2.75 trillion yuan, an increase of 69.7% over 2020. In 2025, there were many bright spots in China’s import and export, and the foreign trade of the 14 th Five-Year Plan was successfully concluded. The “14th Five-Year Plan” period is a very unusual and extraordinary five years.
Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee, China’s foreign trade has withstood the test of the external environment, and the cumulative import and export scale has exceeded 200 trillion yuan, an increase of 40% over the 13 th Five-Year Plan period. Relying on the huge trade volume, constantly improving product quality, and strong resilience against wind and waves, China’s construction of a trade power has been steadily advanced.
First of all, from the perspective of volume, China’s position as a big country in goods trading is stable. In the past five years, China’s total import and export value has successively exceeded 40 trillion yuan and 45 trillion yuan, reaching 45.47 trillion yuan in 2025, an increase of 41.1% over 2020, with an average annual growth rate of 7.1%. The international market share of China’s imports has remained at around 10%, the cumulative import scale has exceeded 90 trillion yuan in five years, and the international market share of exports has remained above 14%. It is expected that in 2025, it will continue to maintain its position as the largest country in global trade in goods.
Secondly, from the quality point of view, China’s trade in goods has been continuously optimized and upgraded. The “new content” and “green content” of foreign trade are constantly improving. In the past five years, the import and export of high-tech products has grown at an average annual rate of 7.9%, and the year-on-year growth rate has further accelerated to 11.4% in 2025, contributing nearly 60% to the overall foreign trade growth. According to the preliminary statistics of customs, the import and export of cross-border e-commerce in China was 2.75 trillion yuan in 2025, an increase of 69.7% over 2020.
Finally, from the perspective of toughness, China’s ability to resist risks and shocks has improved significantly. We firmly uphold the multilateral trading system, oppose unilateralism and safeguard international fairness and justice. In the past five years, the circle of foreign trade “friends” has become larger and larger, and the road of trade diversification has become wider and wider. The latest international data show that China has become the main trading partner of more than 160 countries and regions around the world, an increase of more than 20 compared with 2020. The vast number of foreign trade enterprises know how to adapt to changes, grow stronger in the storm, and fully demonstrate their spirit of winning.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee drew a grand blueprint for economic and social development in the next five years, and made important arrangements for expanding high-level opening-up and creating a new situation of win-win cooperation. A stable and highly open China will surely inject more stability and positive energy into world economic development.
Source: State New Network
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