{
  "slug": "cn-ai",
  "name": "China AI",
  "updated": "2026-09-22",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/cn-ai",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Basic-level smart factories built in China, cumulative",
      "value": "5.6",
      "unit": "ten-thousand factories",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2026-H1",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.miit.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/art/2026/art_bc4cf76777cb4fd2896082ca2ff7039d.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Average capacity gain of China's 100 benchmark 5G factories after digital retrofit",
      "value": "25",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2026-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.miit.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/art/2026/art_bc4cf76777cb4fd2896082ca2ff7039d.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Year-on-year growth of China's intelligent computing capacity",
      "value": "177",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2026-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.miit.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/art/2026/art_bc4cf76777cb4fd2896082ca2ff7039d.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Chinese-language share of globally used 5-billion-scale training datasets",
      "value": "1.3",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.nda.gov.cn/sjj/swdt/xwfb/0503/20260503165101244919319_pc.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "High-quality datasets built in China for AI training",
      "value": "3.5",
      "unit": "ten-thousand datasets",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2025-06",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.miit.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/art/2025/art_d1d974ab71444a9bace20d05d2f197c6.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Notable AI models produced, China",
      "value": "35",
      "unit": "count of notable AI models",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/key/date/2026/html/ecb.sp260914_2~a3f0efbee4.en.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "China nationwide per capita disposable income, 2025",
      "value": "43377",
      "unit": "yuan/year",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202601/t20260120_1962356.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "China share of global AI supercomputer (compute) capacity",
      "value": "14",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/the-state-of-ai-competition-in-advanced-economies-20251006.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Size of China's national AI industry investment fund",
      "value": "600",
      "unit": "CNY 100 million",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.miit.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/art/2025/art_d1d974ab71444a9bace20d05d2f197c6.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Chinese AI-related firms funded via local-government venture-capital vehicles",
      "value": "10,000",
      "unit": "AI-related firms",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/the-state-of-ai-competition-in-advanced-economies-20251006.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)",
      "value": "21.32",
      "unit": "% of total goods exports",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN?locations=CN"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Individuals using the Internet (share of population)",
      "value": "92",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=CN"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Number of AI enterprises in China",
      "value": "5000",
      "unit": "enterprises",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.miit.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/art/2025/art_d1d974ab71444a9bace20d05d2f197c6.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "National-level specialised 'little giant' AI enterprises in China",
      "value": "400",
      "unit": "enterprises",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.miit.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/art/2025/art_d1d974ab71444a9bace20d05d2f197c6.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Core artificial intelligence industry scale, China",
      "value": "9000",
      "unit": "CNY 100 million",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.miit.gov.cn/xwfb/bldhd/art/2025/art_d1d974ab71444a9bace20d05d2f197c6.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)",
      "value": "26.28",
      "unit": "% of manufactured exports",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS?locations=CN"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Number of data centers in China",
      "value": "379",
      "unit": "data centers",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/the-state-of-ai-competition-in-advanced-economies-20251006.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "R&D expenditure (% of GDP, China)",
      "value": "2.58",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS?locations=CN"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Research and development expenditure (% of GDP), China",
      "value": "2.58",
      "unit": "percent of GDP",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS?locations=CN"
    },
    {
      "metric": "R&D expenditure (% of GDP)",
      "value": "2.57",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "CN",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS?locations=CN"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}