China’s digital economy hit 54 trillion yuan (~$7.5T) in 2023, accounting for 43% of GDP. The China-US AI gap has collapsed to 2.7 percentage points. Daily AI token usage exceeded 140 trillion in March 2026. This hub aggregates DIA’s China coverage — markets, models, chips, and platform dynamics.
Country overview
- China Digital Economy 2026: Platforms, AI, Commerce and Regulation
China’s digital economy reached 54 trillion yuan (~$7.5 trillion) in 2023, accounting for 43% of GDP and growing at 10.3% year-on-year — making it the world’s largest digital economy by …
China AI
- China’s AI Strategy: Domestic Models, Semiconductors and State Investment
China's daily AI token usage surpassed 140 trillion in March 2026 — a 1,000-fold increase in two years. Chinese models now account for four of the top five most-used globally. This is a comprehensive analysis of … - The US–China AI Competition: Models, Compute, Capital and Strategy
The US spent 23 times more than China on private AI investment in 2025 — $285.9 billion versus $12.4 billion — and yet the performance gap between the best American … - China Industrial AI Market: 30,000 Smart Factories
How Many Smart Factories Does China Operate and What Does That Mean for Global Manufacturing? China operates over 30,000 smart factories as of early 2026, making it the world’s dominant … - How DeepSeek Disrupted Global AI Economics From China
What Is DeepSeek and Why Did It Disrupt Global AI Economics? DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company founded in May 2023 with approximately 200 employees, triggered a global repricing of AI … - How Are Chinese AI Models Expanding Across Southeast Asia in 2026?
An estimated 80% of US startups now use Chinese AI base models to develop derivative products for their businesses, according to Andreessen Horowitz cited in a recent US-China Economic and …
China platforms & advertising
- Douyin Advertising in China: How Its Ad and Commerce Ecosystem Works
Douyin generated USD 39.2 billion in ad revenue in 2024, making it China's largest ad platform. ByteDance commands 25.9% of China's digital ad market. Here's how the ad stack actually works — from Ocean…
China in the regional context
- Asia’s AI Semiconductor Supply Chain: TSMC, Samsung and China’s Chip Strategy
Why Does Asia Control the World’s AI Chip Supply Chain? Asia dominates the physical infrastructure layer of global artificial intelligence. Taiwan’s TSMC manufactures 72% of global foundry output at leading-edge … - Sovereign AI in Asia: Why Every Country Is Building Its Own LLM
Why Is Every Asian Country Building Its Own AI Model? Sovereign AI — the development of domestically controlled artificial intelligence infrastructure, models, and data pipelines — has become the defining …