China News Service recently highlighted that major international financial institutions—the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Asian Development Bank (ADB)—have all revised upward China’s economic growth forecast for 2025. The adjustments of 0.4, 0.2, and 0.1 percentage points respectively reflect a growing consensus: China’s economy continues to demonstrate strong resilience despite global headwinds.
Foreign media have even described China as an “oasis of certainty” amid a turbulent global environment.
Responding to these observations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that optimism about China’s economy is becoming a prevailing global consensus. He noted that during the recent “1+10” Dialogue, leaders of several international economic organizations praised China’s steady and sound economic performance over the past year, emphasizing that China has made a major contribution to global growth. The upward revisions by global agencies once again underscore rising confidence in the Chinese economy.
Guo highlighted the successful conclusion of the Central Economic Work Conference, which identified eight priority tasks for the coming year. These include strengthening domestic demand as the main driver of growth, enhancing the domestic market, deepening opening-up, and advancing win-win cooperation. According to him, the conference has laid out a clear path for China’s economic strategy in the coming year, offering steady growth prospects, robust innovation momentum, and a wide range of opportunities for the global economy.
As China prepares to launch its 15th Five-Year Plan next year, policymakers aim to reinforce the advantages of policy continuity, economic stability, and predictable growth—qualities that will provide much-needed certainty to the world economy.
Guo also pointed out that China’s new-quality productive forces will continue to thrive, with products “made in China” becoming more intelligent, greener, and of higher standards. This innovation momentum, he said, will help power global innovation, reduce technology costs, and support sustainable development worldwide.
Furthermore, China will continue to advance high-standard opening up, strengthen institutional opening, uphold the multilateral trading system, and promote reform through openness. According to Guo, China’s door will continue to open wider.
“In an uncertain world, China is the biggest certainty,” Guo said, adding that China will remain a significant engine for global growth. He encouraged all countries to ride the “express train” of China’s development, benefit from China’s vast market, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation for shared prosperity.
