In the first quarter, China's equipment manufacturing exports reached 4.25 trillion yuan ($619.8 billion), up 19.2 percent year-on-year and accounting for more than 60 percent of total exports, with exports of computer, communications and transport equipment such as rail and ships each rising by over 20 percent, Vice Minister of the General Administration of Customs Wang Jun said.

Over the same period, exports of consumer goods manufacturing products reached 1.21 trillion yuan, accounting for 17.7 percent of total exports, while raw materials manufacturing products totaled 837.85 billion yuan, making up 12.2 percent, Wang said.

Meanwhile, the deep integration of technological and industrial innovation has brought more new products to market, creating fresh demand. For example, 3D printers and digital cameras have been well received by overseas consumers, with exports surging 119 percent and 32.7 percent in the first quarter.

Chinese companies have also developed distributed and microgrid projects in sub-Saharan Africa, helping provide stable power supply. In the first quarter, China's exports of photovoltaic products to the region jumped 2.5 times, while exports of inverters, wires and cables and other electrical equipment rose 56.1 percent.

New drivers of export growth continued to gain momentum. In the first quarter, China's exports of mechanical and electrical products reached 4.34 trillion yuan, up 18.3 percent year-on-year and accounting for 63.4 percent of total exports, 3.5 percentage points higher than the same period last year.

Among them, exports of green products such as electric vehicles rose 77.5 percent, lithium batteries increased 50.4 percent, and wind turbine units and their components grew 45.2 percent, Wang said.

Ma Jihua, a veteran tech industry observer, told the Global Times that China's years of large-scale infrastructure development have driven the rapid rise of its equipment manufacturing sector and strengthened global recognition of Chinese-made equipment.

"With a highly efficient and complete industrial chain, China is able to provide high-quality, cost-effective manufacturing equipment to meet diversified global demand," he said, noting that as global manufacturing recovers and more countries prioritize the sector, demand continues to expand.

Ma added that China's "new trio" exports, including electric vehicles, lithium batteries and photovoltaic products, have maintained strong growth in recent years, with steadily improving competitiveness in green technologies.

"China has established clear advantages in clean energy technologies across technology, capacity and cost," he said, adding that rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and concerns over energy supply have further boosted demand for new energy products, acting as a catalyst for export growth.

He noted that as basic consumption needs are increasingly met, consumers are shifting toward more innovative and intelligent products. "The integration of artificial intelligence has created new usage scenarios and even reshaped production and lifestyles," Ma said, adding that Chinese products, characterized by rapid iteration and continuous feature upgrades, are gaining popularity among global consumers.

Overall, China's export growth reflects a combination of factors including recovering external demand, a well-developed domestic industrial support system and rising innovation momentum among enterprises, Wang said, adding that "Made in China" continues to improve in quality, efficiency and service, and will better meet diverse global production and consumption demand.