NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui said three factors are driving faster import growth this year: global industrial and technological innovation has raised China’s demand for upstream raw materials and intermediate goods as the country remains a central node in global manufacturing and supply chains; expanding domestic market demand amid broadly stable economic activity and continued rapid industrial production; and policy-driven import expansion—orderly opening-up and international expos such as the C

NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui said three factors are driving faster import growth this year: global industrial and technological innovation has raised China’s demand for upstream raw materials and intermediate goods as the country remains a central node in global manufacturing and supply chains; expanding domestic market demand amid broadly stable economic activity and continued rapid industrial production; and policy-driven import expansion—orderly opening-up and international expos such as the China International Import Expo, consumer expo and supply‑chain expo—that ease foreign goods’ access to China.