The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released data showing that China's integrated circuit industry will achieve a growth rate of 26.7% by 2025.
At the press conference held by the State Council Information Office on January 21, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially released China’s “report card” for the development of the industrial and information technology sectors in 2025. The data show that China’s industrial economy has demonstrated strong resilience and vitality, with high-tech manufacturing performing particularly well: the value-added of the integrated circuit industry surged by 26.7% year-on-year, and the specialized electronic materials industry grew by 23.9%, significantly outpacing the overall industrial growth rate of 5.9%. These figures not only underscore the solid progress China has made in transforming and upgrading its manufacturing sector but also highlight that strategic foundational industries—represented by the integrated circuit industry—are becoming one of the key engines driving high-quality industrial development and economic growth.
“In 2025, we will firmly shoulder the crucial task of achieving a new type of industrialization. The industrial economy will continue to forge ahead under pressure, pursuing development that is both innovative and high-quality. We have smoothly accomplished all major annual targets, achieving both a substantial improvement in quality and reasonable growth in quantity,” said Zhang Yunming, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Data show that, for the year as a whole, the value-added of equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing enterprises above designated size grew by 9.2% and 9.4% year-on-year, respectively, reflecting a positive trend of continuous optimization in the manufacturing structure and steadily strengthening innovation-driven momentum. At the same time, the pace of digital transformation and intelligent upgrading in manufacturing has accelerated. As of the end of the statistical period, the cumulative number of basic-level smart factories built has exceeded 35,000, advanced-level smart factories has surpassed 8,200, and excellence-level smart factories has reached more than 500. Moreover, 15 leading-edge smart factories have emerged as pioneers, playing a key role in driving the industry forward. In terms of green manufacturing, the country has cumulatively cultivated over 8,000 national-level green factories. Energy and water consumption per unit of value-added in industrial enterprises above designated size have both continued to decline, demonstrating remarkable progress in the green and low-carbon transformation of the industrial sector.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a vital pillar of industrial economic resilience. “We are accelerating reforms in key areas, launching special initiatives to ease the burden on businesses, speeding up efforts to clear overdue payments owed to enterprises, and ensuring that policies designed to benefit businesses are effectively implemented,” said Zhang Yunming. As of now, China has cumulatively cultivated 17,600 specialized, sophisticated, and new ‘Little Giant’ enterprises, over 140,000 specialized and sophisticated SMEs, and more than 600,000 technology- and innovation-driven SMEs. By 2025, the value-added growth of industrial SMEs above designated size is expected to reach 6.9% year-on-year, and the R&D intensity of specialized, sophisticated, and new ‘Little Giant’ enterprises will reach 7%.
In 2025, China achieved multiple breakthroughs in key scientific and technological fields as well as advanced manufacturing. Among these, industries such as integrated circuits and specialty electronic materials saw significant growth, with value-added increases of 26.7% and 23.9% year-on-year, respectively. Production and sales of new-energy vehicles continued to rise, reaching yet another all-time high. Research and development of 6G technology progressed steadily, with over 300 key technological innovations already accumulated during the first-phase trials. Innovation in humanoid robot products remained vigorous, with domestic companies launching more than 330 related products throughout the year. In total, new material products worth over 55 billion yuan have been introduced into the market.
Artificial intelligence is being applied to the manufacturing sector with unprecedented depth and breadth. Currently, China’s intelligent computing power has reached 1,590 EFLOPS, and AI applications have already covered key industries such as steel, electricity, and telecommunications.
Zhang Yunming stated that the next step will be to accelerate breakthroughs in key technologies such as training chips and heterogeneous computing power. We will focus on promoting integrated applications and systematically drive breakthroughs in both large and small models as well as intelligent agents. We will also speed up the development of urgently needed industry standards and improve the open-source mechanisms for artificial intelligence. Furthermore, we will strengthen research and application efforts in areas such as algorithm security protection and training data protection.
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