Hu Jianbo, director of the National Data Development Research Institute, explained at the opening ceremony of the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo on the 28th that by the end of 2025, the number of data companies nationwide had reached 482,000, an increase of 17.9% over the previous year; the scale of the data industry in the east reached 5.23 trillion yuan. The vitality of the data industry continues to unleash, and the cluster effect is becoming more prominent. The development of the data industry is closely related to high-quality data sets that enable artificial intelligence to flourish. According to data from the National Data Administration, as of August 2026, the country had built more than 126,000 high-quality data sets, and the total data volume exceeded 1,815 PB.

Hu Jianbo, director of the National Data Development Research Institute, explained at the opening ceremony of the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo on the 28th that by the end of 2025, the number of data companies nationwide had reached 482,000, an increase of 17.9% over the previous year; the scale of the data industry in the east reached 5.23 trillion yuan. The vitality of the data industry continues to unleash, and the cluster effect is becoming more prominent. The development of the data industry is closely related to high-quality data sets that enable artificial intelligence to flourish. According to data from the National Data Administration, as of August 2026, the country had built more than 126,000 high-quality data sets, and the total data volume exceeded 1,815 PB.