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China reports $30.5 billion in economic losses from natural disasters so far in 2025

By Thomson Reuters Oct 15, 2025 | 10:01 PM

HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s Ministry of Emergency Management said on Thursday that natural disasters in the first three quarters of 2025 affected crops with an area of 530,000 hectares and had a direct economic loss of 217 billion yuan. ($30.47 billion)

($1 = 7.1226 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by the Beijing newsroom; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)