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China Leads the Recovery with 2.3% GDP Growth in 2020
China eked out 2.3% economic growth in 2020, likely becoming the only major economy to expand as shops and factories reopened relatively early from a shutdown to fight the coronavirus while the United States, Japan and Europe struggled with rising infections. Growth in the three months ending in December rose to 6.5% Y/Y and 4.9% sequentially as consumers returned to shopping malls, restaurants and cinemas, official data showed Monday. In early 2020, activity contracted by 6.8% in the first quarter as government took the then-unprecedented step of shutting down most of its economy to fight the virus. The following quarter, China became the first major country to grow again with a 3.2% expansion after the party declared victory over the virus in March and allowed factories, shops and offices to reopen.
China eked out 2.3% economic growth in 2020, likely becoming the only major economy to expand as shops and factories reopened relatively early from a shutdown to fight the coronavirus while the United States, Japan and Europe struggled with rising infections. Growth in the three months ending in December rose to 6.5% Y/Y and 4.9% sequentially as consumers returned to shopping malls, restaurants and cinemas, official data showed Monday. In early 2020, activity contracted by 6.8% in the first quarter as government took the then-unprecedented step of shutting down most of its economy to fight the virus. The following quarter, China became the first major country to grow again with a 3.2% expansion after the party declared victory over the virus in March and allowed factories, shops and offices to reopen.
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