Update: China's service output up 5.4 pct in 2025

BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's value-added service output went up 5.4 percent year on year in 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

The value-added output of information transmission, software and IT service sectors increased 11.1 percent, while that of leasing and business services expanded 10.3 percent year on year.

The index gauging the country's service industry output rose 5 percent year on year in December, Kang Yi, head of the NBS, told a press conference. ■