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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) — China’s digital industry posted revenue of 8.5 trillion yuan (about 1.18 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of this year, up 9.4 percent from a year earlier.
The growth rate of the indicator is 4.4 percentage points higher than for the same period last year, according to data released on Friday by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China.
In particular, revenue from digital technologies in the manufacturing industry grew by 10.4 percent, and in the services sector by 8.2 percent.
By the end of March, the number of 5G base stations in China exceeded 4.39 million units, and the country’s 5G subscriber penetration rate reached 75.9 percent, the ministry said in April.
Key sectors of the digital economy are stable. Revenue in the software industry increased by 10.6 percent year-on-year to 3.1 trillion yuan.
China has set a goal of using digital technology to transform and upgrade its traditional industries and is now accelerating the implementation of its “AI Plus” action plan. -0-