Beijing's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.5 percent year on year to over 2.5 trillion yuan (about 350.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2025, calculated at constant prices, the city's ...

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On Thursday, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Renewal Development said it would lower the minimum down payment deposit ratio for first homes to 30%. Previously, that figure ...

“Beijing’s GDP growth target of [about] 5.5% this year is becoming increasingly challenging, and we now see significant downside risks to our annual GDP growth forecast of 4.3%,” they added.