China’s economy grows 4.5 percent in Q3, beating forecasts

GDP growth picks up from Q2 amid AI-driven boom in exports.Published On 19 Oct 202619 Oct 2026China’s economy has grown faster than expected in the most recent quarter amid booming exports underpinned by artificial intelligence, according to official figures.China’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 4.5 percent in the July-September period from the same quarter a year earlier, picking up from 4.3 percent growth in the second quarter and beating most analysts’ forecasts, figures released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Protesters disrupt Ben-Gvir event forcing him off stagelist 2 of 4Flight from Israel makes emergency landing in Bulgaria after bomb threatlist 3 of 4Kinship and surveillance: The return of Somali piracylist 4 of 4Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreakend of listDuring the first nine months of the year, GDP grew 4.6 percent year-on-year, according to the preliminary figures.While China’s technology-related exports have surged during the AI boom, growth in the world’s second-largest economy has been dampened by weak domestic demand and a sagging property market.China’s ruli...