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　　According to the 56th Statistical Report on China’s Internet Development (hereinafter referred to as the Report) recently released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), China’s AI industry exceeded a scale of 700 billion yuan, maintaining a growth rate of over 20 percent for several consecutive years.

　　The report shows that in the first half of 2025, generative AI products achieved comprehensive progress from technology to application, with a rapid increase in product numbers and continuous expansion of use cases.

　　First, China’s influence in the field of AI has risen significantly. As of March, a total of 346 generative AI services had completed registration with the Cyberspace Administration of China. The surge in China’s AI products has drawn global attention—DeepSeek, for example, achieved more than 30 million daily active users worldwide in less than 20 days after its launch, topping app charts in 140 countries and regions, and becoming the fastest-growing generative AI application globally.

　　Second, generative AI technology is continuing to penetrate deeply into specific application scenarios. On the user side, as of June, the most common use of generative AI products was for answering questions, accounting for 80.9 percent of user interactions. On the industry side, China’s AI industry exceeded 700 billion yuan in scale in 2024, maintaining an annual growth rate of over 20 percent for several consecutive years. Domestic AI products have achieved breakthroughs in areas such as large-scale models with hundreds of billions of parameters and multimodal capabilities. They have also been deeply integrated into various application scenarios—including office collaboration, accessible education, industrial design, and content creation—forming a smart application ecosystem that spans multiple sectors.