GUIYANG: China’s data industry continued to expand rapidly in 2025, supporting the development of the fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI) sector, according to official data.
The scale of China’s data industry reached 6.78 trillion yuan (about 1 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, up 15.7 percent year on year, showed figures released at the opening of the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo on Friday.
Data-related software products, including AI application software, and data resource products, including token services, had a combined output value of 4.99 trillion yuan, accounting for 73.6 percent of the industry’s total.
As of this month, more than 126,000 high-quality datasets had been built nationwide, with a total volume exceeding 1,815 petabytes, an increase of more than 89 percent from March.
“AI development is heavily driven by data,” said Liu Liehong, head of China’s National Data Bureau. “Wherever AI advances, we push forward the construction and application of high-quality datasets.” –Agencies
