Back on track in 2023

CHINA - Report 30 Jan 2023 by FAN Gang and Chunyang Wang

GDP grew 3% in 2022. Specifically, China’s economy rose by 2.9% y/y in Q4 2022, down from the 3.9% growth reported in Q3. Many negative factors affected the economy in 2022, including global macroeconomic tightening, the Ukraine crisis, real estate restructuring, the pandemic management policies and so forth. As some of the above factors abated, particularly abolishment of the zero-COVID policy, we expect that, after a turbulent 2022, the economy will be back on track in 2023.

Industrial output grew 3.6% in 2022, down 6 pps from 2021. Investment rose 5.1%, up 0.2 pps, driven mainly by state investment. Consumption fell significantly, by -0.2% y/y, from 2021, down 12.7 pps, from repeated lockdowns.

Exports rose 10.5%, down 10.5 pps from 2021. Exports’ monthly growth rates displayed a downward trend. Net exports’ contribution to GDP only accounted for 0.5 pps. Particularly in Q4, the share of exports in accounting for GDP growth is only -1.2 pps, negatively impacted by weak global demand and the dramatic change in domestic COVID policy.

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