# China's economic performance in the first half Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dialogue-4544028/china-s-economic-performance-in-the-first-half Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dialogue-4544028/china-s-economic-performance-in-the-first-half.md Podcast: [Dialogue](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dialogue-4544028) Published: 2026-07-15T13:14:00+00:00 Episode link: 1_2721121 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/radio-res.cgtn.com/ueditor/audio/2607/1084121286293.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dialogue-4544028/episodes/china-s-economic-performance-in-the-first-half Duration seconds: 1560 ## Resource China's economy grew by 4.7 percent in the first half of the year, with foreign trade rising nearly 17 percent, and new growth drivers expanding at a faster pace. Meanwhile, the government has recently approved its first Five-Year Plan dedicated to expanding consumption, making it a strategic priority and a stronger driver of economic growth. So, what do the economic indicators tell us about China's growth momentum? How should we understand the latest policy signals? And what can we expect from a stronger engine driving China's high-quality development in the future? ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dialogue-4544028/episodes/china-s-economic-performance-in-the-first-half/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dialogue-4544028/china-s-economic-performance-in-the-first-half.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.