Generative artificial intelligence (#AI) users in China hit 602 million in December 2025, up 141.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the 57th Statistical Report on China's Internet Development. The penetration rate climbed 25.2 percentage points year-on-year to 42.8 percent. In 2025, the number of AI enterprises in China exceeded 6,000, with the core AI industry estimated at more than 1.2 trillion yuan (about $173.87 billion) in value. The country's intelligent computing power capacity r