Quzhou's GDP grows 6% in first three quarters

Quzhou's GDP reached 185.17 billion yuan ($27.77 billion) in the first three quarters of 2026, up 6 percent year-on-year, according to data released by the Quzhou municipal statistics bureau on Oct 26.

Value-added industrial output from industrial enterprises above the designated size — those with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan — rose 8.8 percent year-on-year.

Among key industrial sectors, value added in computer and communications equipment manufacturing grew 58.2 percent, while high-tech manufacturing increased 49 percent.

Retail sales of consumer goods totaled 78.97 billion yuan, up 0.7 percent year-on-year.

The city's foreign trade totaled 69.38 billion yuan, up 16.2 percent year-on-year. Exports rose 15.4 percent to 49.45 billion yuan, while imports increased 18.2 percent to 19.93 billion yuan. Exports of electromechanical products, including batteries, grew 82.8 percent.

Exports to the European Union reached 9.12 billion yuan, up 65 percent year-on-year.

Per capita disposable income reached 54,136 yuan for urban residents and 31,150 yuan for rural residents, up 4.6 percent and 5.9 percent year-on-year, respectively. The ratio of urban to rural residents' per capita disposable income narrowed to 1.738, down 0.022 from a year earlier.