In 2025, the growth rate of China-Germany imports and exports was 1.4 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of China's foreign trade.

Over the past 50-odd years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, economic and trade cooperation between China and Germany has been continuously deepened. Data released by the General Administration of Customs on the 25th showed that in 2025, the total value of China-Germany goods trade reached 1.51 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%, 1.4 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of China's foreign trade in 2025. Among them, China's exports to Germany were 846.3 billion yuan, and imports from Germany were 664.3 billion yuan. Germany continued to be China's largest trading partner in Europe, and China returned to being Germany's largest trading partner after an interval of one year.

In terms of specific products, mechanical and electrical products have become the main force driving the stable growth of bilateral imports and exports. In 2025, the total value of China-Germany mechanical and electrical products trade reached 1.07 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%, accounting for more than 70% of the total China-Germany trade volume. Among them, the trade volume of automobiles and their spare parts reached 131.5 billion yuan, accounting for 12.3% of the total China-Germany mechanical and electrical products trade volume. During the same period, the trade volumes of Chinese and German medical materials and drugs, basic organic chemicals, etc. were 65.7 billion yuan and 18.4 billion yuan respectively, and the trade volumes of products in emerging fields such as 3D printers and industrial robots were 2.6 billion yuan and 1 billion yuan respectively.

As the world's second and third largest economies, China and Germany are all-round strategic partners for win-win cooperation, and the high-level exchanges between the two countries are frequent. On the morning of the 25th, German Chancellor Merz arrived in Beijing to start a two-day official visit to China. Accompanying Merz on this visit to China was also a high-level economic and trade delegation, including executives of about 30 leading enterprises from Germany's advantageous fields such as automobiles, chemicals, biopharmaceuticals, machinery manufacturing, and circular economy, which fully demonstrated Germany's strong willingness to deepen bilateral economic and trade relations. (Xinhua News Agency  Responsible Editor: Gu Yue)