China’s data industry more than doubles in market size during 2021-2025 period
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Liu Liehong, a member of the Communist Party of China Leadership Group of the National Development and Reform Commission and head of the National Data Administration (NDA), speaks during a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on achievements in Digital China development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 14, 2025. Liu and NDA deputy heads Shen Zhulin, Chen Ronghui and Xia Bing attended the press conference in Beijing on Thursday. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
China’s data sector has seen significant growth during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), with notable strides made in market size and digital infrastructure, official data showed Thursday.
The sector’s scale reached 5.86 trillion yuan (about 821.45 billion U.S. dollars) by the end of 2024, up 117 percent from the end of 2020, Liu Liehong, head of the National Data Administration, told a press conference on Thursday.
He noted that the number of data-related enterprises in China had exceeded 400,000 by the end of 2024, and the sector is expected to maintain strong growth in the coming years.
Meanwhile, China’s digital infrastructure has achieved significant progress, leading globally in scale and technological advancement.
According to Liu, by the end of June 2025, the country had built 4.55 million 5G base stations, and the number of gigabit broadband users had reached 226 million.
China’s computational power now ranks second in the world, providing robust support for economic and social development, Liu said. ■
Liu Liehong, a member of the Communist Party of China Leadership Group of the National Development and Reform Commission and head of the National Data Administration (NDA), NDA deputy heads Shen Zhulin, Chen Ronghui and Xia Bing attend a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on achievements in Digital China development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Liu Liehong, a member of the Communist Party of China Leadership Group of the National Development and Reform Commission and head of the National Data Administration (NDA), NDA deputy heads Shen Zhulin, Chen Ronghui and Xia Bing attend a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on achievements in Digital China development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
