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According to the latest DataTrack data, China's primary industry GDP YoY growth rate for the fourth quarter of 2025 (November cumulative/quarterly) reached 4.2%, accelerating further from 4.0% in the third quarter and significantly outperforming the 3.7% in the same period of 2024. Observing the full-year trend, the data climbed all the way from 3.5% in the first quarter to 4.2% by year-end, presenting a perfect trend of quarter-by-quarter increases. This strong momentum not only reflects the resilience of agricultural production but also makes it a relatively stable pillar sector for China's economy in 2025 amidst fluctuations in real estate and domestic demand. Deconstructing the drivers behind the data, two core sub-items contributed significantly. First is grain production hitting a new high. Benefiting from high-standard farmland construction and the promotion of agricultural technology, China's total grain output in 2025 is believed to have exceeded 710 million tons (approximately 1.43 trillion jin), overcoming extreme weather disturbances in some regions. Second is the structural improvement of the livestock industry. As the destocking of hog production capacity came to an end, the breeding industry entered a stage of "quality improvement and efficiency enhancement," with sow productivity (PSY) increasing to over 21 heads. Combined with the stabilization of pork prices during the traditional peak season in the fourth quarter, this effectively boosted nominal output value. Regarding this wave of growth, market analysis generally attributes it to precise policy efforts. The "No. 1 Central Document" at the beginning of 2025 explicitly listed food security and "agricultural New Quality Productive Forces" as top priorities, offsetting the negative impact of an aging workforce through seed industry revitalization and mechanization subsidies. In addition, institutional views point out that although the overall macro economy faces deflationary pressure, the primary industry, possessing rigid demand attributes and supported by the government's minimum purchase price for agricultural products, has become a stabilizer against macroeconomic fluctuations. Looking ahead, in the short term (1-2 months), with the arrival of the Spring Festival peak consumption season, demand for vegetables, fruits, and meat will remain at high levels, and the growth rate of the primary industry is expected to fluctuate at a high level above 4%. However, in the medium term (3-6 months), attention must still be paid to the risks of drought and flooding during spring plowing potentially caused by the La Niña phenomenon, as well as the impact of international grain price fluctuations on import substitution effects. If feed costs rise again due to trade frictions, it may squeeze breeding industry profits once more, representing a risk point that requires close tracking in the future. References from this search: https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGxiXb_aYCc6QQy3BKP89YEcrG2W-uCzZ6M5M2FYwWrmkm6RJlddasZpWTkmo1ngmo9jKeg_y-lZk_ruvfGzKW6tWNOPPpJHjacy-K3RC_bUnMe8jMtwQag42QkDFL5q3sEZVGeIGwb_LW70oIvTfNCY4U2JTEWHL1aeosS_lsUFwDwGuhqObltat84 https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHODLa_gGBfn8luVRtdrLxEedSETghGusI-jtgP6kUsGMTDHrKL9FUY-lg7UxrisLtebBDGXp7QnH1v1YyfOudbLx6jTGwtFWd4jqXWrWJ0LWx9w3ScXXczt-JPX93UyN2571PbEylJcTS1ebhSRBwISZJfhCk2E-SfcftqdWFjr6q1wdcH7zgTbLMVoSQT-bjTGIZRoTZbYmI4DPswzh4XAMpXeg== https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHjsWTs06VIbghftcwbUj70delDJNjaY15qjV5t8issLKRlXzOo9ZeN7k2cuD_ZsdQYEhQmJhc6NTKf8NHow4xRMwlppljI1Stq-3gFpNvqXUKoUgQ1Wd2NtFZ5zbJKpyNdedqmlUvTLCfMjqjzcJQWb0orGZyiEp3PfRnesu1HQN7aFKXFKQ8ke44=