China AI
20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.
| Metric | Value | Geo | Period | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumulative private VC investment in AI and data startups, 2012-2024 | 276380US$ million | CN | 2012-2024 | T1 | federalreserve.gov |
| Local-government VC directed to AI-related firms (past decade) | 184USD billion | CN | 2015-2025 | T1 | federalreserve.gov |
| China nationwide per capita disposable income, 2025 | 43377yuan/year | CN | 2025 | T1 | stats.gov.cn |
| China share of global AI supercomputer (compute) capacity | 14percent | CN | 2025 | T1 | federalreserve.gov |
| China share of global high-end AI supercomputer capacity | 14percent | CN | 2025 | T1 | federalreserve.gov |
| Chinese AI-related firms funded via local-government venture-capital vehicles | 10,000AI-related firms | CN | 2025 | T1 | federalreserve.gov |
| Gross domestic R&D expenditure as share of GDP (national innovation investment intensity) | 2.58percent of GDP | CN | 2023 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) | 26.28% of manufactured exports | CN | 2024 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) | 21.32% of total goods exports | CN | 2024 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| ICT service exports share of service exports (China) | 19.33percent | CN | 2023 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Individuals using the Internet (share of population) | 92percent | CN | 2024 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Number of data centers in China | 379data centers | CN | 2024 | T1 | federalreserve.gov |
| Patent applications, residents | 1426644count | CN | 2021 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| R&D expenditure (% of GDP) | 2.57percent | CN | 2023 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| R&D expenditure (% of GDP, China) | 2.58percent | CN | 2023 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Research and development expenditure (% of GDP), China | 2.58percent of GDP | CN | 2023 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Researchers in R&D (per million people) | 2107.27per million people | CN | 2023 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Researchers in R&D per million people (national talent pool) | 2107.27per million people | CN | 2023 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Resident patent applications filed per year (domestic innovation output) | 1426644applications | CN | 2021 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| China's share of the top-100 most-cited AI papers (2024) | 41papers | CN | 2024 | T2 | hai.stanford.edu |
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