Beijing, December 15 (Xinhua) — The scale of China’s core artificial intelligence (AI) sector is projected to surpass 1.2 trillion yuan (approximately USD 170 billion) by 2025.
The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated at an industry forum held recently in Beijing that AI technology has reached a critical turning point. According to the Academy, the sector is transitioning from a phase primarily driven by technical innovation to one focused on generating real-world productive forces and practical applications.
The Academy noted that significant updates to large-scale AI models were implemented in 2025, resulting in a 30 percent improvement in language processing capabilities and a 50 percent enhancement in multimodal understanding performance.
In addition, the embodied intelligence sector—where artificial intelligence is integrated with robotics—has expanded rapidly. This segment has attracted over 40 billion yuan in financing and now encompasses more than 350 enterprises across the industrial value chain.
Beyond artificial intelligence, the forum also outlined a roadmap for next-generation connectivity technologies. CAICT projected that China is expected to launch commercial 6G applications around 2030, with large-scale deployment anticipated by 2035.