When AI smartphones and smart glasses enter daily life, and remote healthcare and digital cultural heritage break the boundaries of time and space, the size of China's digital economy has grown enough to change the macro narrative. On July 26, 2026, the State Internet Information Office released the National Informatization Development Report (2025), a series of figures outlining the annual trajectory of China's informatization from key breakthroughs to comprehensive empowerment.

39.6 trillion in income and 25.3 trillion in consumption

The report shows that by 2025, the revenue of China's digital industry will reach 39.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%; The scale of digital consumption by residents reached 25.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.7%. The proportion of added value of core industries in the digital economy to GDP has exceeded 10.5%, and the goal of the 15th Five Year Plan is to further climb to 12.5%.

Behind the scale of digital consumption, there are over a hundred artificial intelligence terminals such as AI smartphones, AI computers, and AI glasses. The number of digital consumer users aged 60 and above has reached 117 million, accounting for 12.2% of the total digital consumer users. The silver haired generation and Generation Z are growing up in the same digital consumer network. Keywords: artificial intelligence, digital industry

5G base stations surpass 5.1 million

The expansion of infrastructure has paved the way for all of this. As of the end of June 2026, the total number of 5G base stations in China has reached 5.102 million, an increase from 4.838 million at the end of 2025. The number of active IPv6 users has reached 869 million. According to the implementation plan for deepening IPv6 technology innovation, the goal is to have 900 million active users and 38% of IPv6 network traffic by 2027, and further increase to 950 million users and 42% of traffic by 2030. The depth and width of network coverage are shifting from quantitative changes to qualitative changes.Editor/Cheng Liting