FX.co ★ China Industrial Output Growth at 3-Month High

China experienced a notable expansion in its industrial production, with a 6.5% year-on-year increase in September 2025, building on August's 5.2% rise and exceeding the anticipated 5.0% growth. This represents the most rapid rise in industrial production since June, propelled by enhanced growth in both the manufacturing sector, which saw a jump to 7.3% from 5.7% in August, and the mining sector, which increased to 6.4% from 5.1%. Conversely, the production of electricity, heat, gas, and water noted a slowdown, decreasing to 0.6% in September from 2.4% the previous month. Within the manufacturing domain, out of 41 major industries, 36 reported growth. These included sectors such as automotive manufacturing (16.0%), computers and communication equipment (11.3%), railway and shipbuilding (10.3%), ferrous metal smelting and rolling (2.2%), non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling (8.4%), chemical production (9.0%), textiles (2.2%), coal mining and washing (6.4%), oil and gas extraction (8.9%), food manufacturing (6.0%), and heat production (0.5%). Cumulatively for the first nine months of the year, industrial production increased by 6.2%. On a monthly basis, industrial output rose by 0.64%, achieving the highest growth rate observed in seven months.